#WeAreBrave
SPEAK OUT. SPEAK LOUD. SPEAK TOGETHER.
Welcome to a safe, carefully moderated world of testimonials from survivors of sexual assault and rape. Join our community by sharing your story or showing your support. This platform is meant to heal and not re-traumatize. Please remember to practice self-care if reading these stories is triggering to you.
The #WeAreBrave Story Platform has made BraveMissWorld.com the #1 Google search result worldwide for survivors seeking to share their stories. Yet it was born by accident. When Miss World Linor Abargil decided to step forward and speak publicly about her rape in 2008, she launched the website LinorSpeaksOut. Her mailbox was quickly flooded with emails from survivors wanting to share their stories with someone who would believe them and offer words of support. Linor met with many of the women and men who wrote to her, and included their stories in her film.
When the documentary Brave Miss World was completed and launched in 2014, LinorSpeaksOut was merged into BraveMissWorld.com, which became the online hub for survivors wanting to share their stories. With generous grants from The Artemis Rising Foundation, The Fledgling Fund, The Francis Family Foundation, and The Roy A. Hunt Foundation among others, the filmmakers and a small team of volunteers have curated this one-of-a-kind collection of over 2,500 testimonials, each carefully moderated to screen out any remarks that are disrespectful of survivors. We are committed to making sure that everyone submitting and reading stories on our site feels safe.
Our goal is to change the conversation around assault and rape. Women’s voices are finally being heard. Until now, we have not demanded that the culture be changed. We are saying no to the deafening silence that has surrounded rape and assault. We encourage members of our community to share their stories, because we believe that healing begins with speaking out and receiving support. Each story on our site receives a supportive comment from a trained advocate, as well as comments from our #WeAreBrave community. Every story is incredibly different and unique, but they all share the tremendous strength and resilience of survivors.
We know our platform works, because of the feedback from those using our site whose lives have changed in significant ways as a result of watching the film and/or sharing their story with others. Every day, new viewers and visitors discover and explore #WeAreBrave and many write to thank us for creating and maintaining this important space. For all those sharing their unique personal experiences and brave accounts of the lasting emotional impact of rape and assault, you are not alone.
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Why Me?
Too naïve
5 Years On
College Rape
My Story
Ripples
Case Dropped by Prosecutor
You are going to show me how...
Roommates
Twice
The summer between 6th and 7th grade
Still Need Help
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Mi Historia
Stranger Rape
This is MY story
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
I just wanted to give him a...
A Man I Looked To As A...
Hidden Emotions
My Step Brother
Date rape
Almost Raped
He Was A Police Officer
Me too.
Stepfather
The Statistics that Changed Me
Being Raped
Touched
He Destroyed Me
An older cousin
Ready to Share
Six months in the making..
In Five Years
New Year’s Eve Party
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
עדיין מציק
My Innocence Was Taken Away
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Molestation
7th Grade Assault
Why Me?
So Long Ago But Still With Me
Step Daddy
My story growing up with a secret
Scared to close my eyes
Lasting Effects
13 and 16
weird brother
1 in 5
I’ve survived sexual abuse
Raped
Scared Like Crazy
A respectable collegue
Closure
Thank you for speaking out…
dad and mom rape
Does the pain ever go away?
It Happened More Than Once
Raped in the Air Force
Constant fear
Not Another Moment
Is this normal?
My 21st Birthday
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Rape
After I Was Raped
I was 17 and survived
Still Unable to Tell People
An Abnormal Reaction
Dream / Recall
An Uber Driver Raped Me
You’re a Rapist
Raped By a Friend
Was it rape if he’s my boyfriend?
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
En Enero de 2010
Rape
I was sexual abused with no justice
Drugged
Read This Please
My Brothers Two Best Friends
Workplace Sexual Harassment
#MeToo 5 years later…
Rape…..or not?
Mistaken Identity
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Not Okay
Prom Night
Sexual Assault
היי
My Story
I Never Thought This Would Happen To...
J’avais 13 ans
Raped By 6 Policemen
i was a child.
Myself
My Childhood
A Guy With Crooked Teeth
Ex Best Friend
Halloween Nightmare
3 years on
Friend of mines set me up
Miss
I Thought I was Safe
2 Years Ago
My Last Party
The reason for my tattoo
Rape
10 Years!
Teenage Victim
My Story
Overcoming My Story of Rape
I Want to Live
Forgotten Memories Submerge
Raped
My principal mom raped me
Spoke out and was blamed
Naive College Freshman
Taken Advantage
I Am a Survivor
My boyfriend of 2 years
I was raped
A Dating Experience and My Parents’ Attack
Leaving the party
It started with you.
Sexual Abuse in a Relationship
Be Careful Who You Trust
I did Not need to know this
I Thought He Loved Me
Unethical or illegal?
What To Do IF You’re Not Raped...
Respect
Rape
I met evil at a young age
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
Loss of Trust
PART 4: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
The Night It All Changed
Rape
It was his word against mine
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Sexual Assault
LOST
The First Time
I’m getting Married tomorrow
Was it my fault?
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
7 years and it still controls me
I Thought I Knew Hi
Drugged After Junior Prom
BC Oilfield Ruined My Life
A Week Before 18th Birthday
My Host-sisters friend
Light In The Dark
Afraid of Being Judged
The Cliche
Prom Night
Raped by jail guard
My Daughter’s Rape
School Rape
My Story
No one owns your story but you
Raped by Brother
Metoo
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
I Really Want To Forget About It
Rape
Choose healing over silence
Raped in my Hostel
No More Silence
Sexual Abuse
East Area Rapist/Golden State Killer – Joseph...
The Day After My Little Brother’s Birthday
I was 13
Childhood abuse and acquaintance rape
ללינור היקרה
De Los 6 a Los 12
Male dancer
Victim Impact Statement
Bringing the Stories to Light
Online dating
I Don’t Know My Story
Not just me
Playing Games
Still Haunted By It
Raped Husband
Ms.
היי לינור
Night Out
Lasting Effects
Weak
Sex doll
Scars
I am a Rape Survivor
I’m Only Stronger
No Wasn’t Good Enough
Raped by boyfriend
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
Justice
Multiple Times
Kidnapped and Raped
The Fight We Can All Win
In-Between Times
4 short stories of sexual aggresion
So drunk I can’t remember
raped as a lone solidier in israeli...
I Still Blame Myself
To my best friend who raped me
לפני 14 שנים
Army
Victim of Abuse
Virgin Rape
When will it be enough?
Stranger
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Assault
It was my ex boyfriend
Teatime
Childhood Rape
My Story
Rape
Raped By My Therapist
I know when I see a rapist...
הסיפור שלי…
He was my best friend
ONLY the Beginning
No
Do NOT Trust Strangers
Raped in College
The same guy
I thought we were friends
Worthless
It still doesn’t feel real…
I wanted to get high
Embrace It All
My posting
my story
Seis Años
J’avais 13 ans
When does it get easier?
Raped as a child and teen
Survivor of child molestation and date rape
I Didn’t Know
I should have STOPPED
Dream / Recall
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
I Just Started High School
Set Up
We go to the same church
Blamed myself …
But what really happened?
I’m Not Sure
Despedida
Friend of mines set me up
Fenced In
He bought me chips and sent me...
Family Member
Am I
Stuck
06.05.2006
I Too Was Raped
Fishing Trips
Ignoring only gets so far
Raped
Glitter Girl, Gone.
Drugged
Men ruined my life
Abuse and Rape
Childhood
Mental Breakdown
Assaulted
Mi Esposa
Mine Was Different
Sexual assault/ sex trafficking
Summer 2019
Un-Silenced
גבר אלים וחולני
Incest & Date Rape
Drunk and Alone
Too drunk to respond
Close of a Brother
intruder
A Letter to My Rapist
First College Party
Just Words
Did I ask for it?
Once, Twice, Three Times A Victim
Braver
