#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.
Our work needs you. Your continuing support has enabled us to upgrade this site and add the ability to submit audio and visual testimonials. Please DONATE to help us make sure this resource continues to remain available to all those who need it. All donations are 100% tax deductible through our 501c3 fiscal sponsor, Los Angeles Filmforum.
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Lost Soul
It’s Your Fault
Personal Statement – Written January 2017
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Please Allow Me To Be Heard
Not safe in my own skin
Male dancer
f*ck you
ללינור היקרה
Just Words
Gang Rape
Made in America
I Was Told It Was Normal
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Just Wanted to Escape
From Heaven to Hell
Let’s Fight Back With Love
Can Anyone Help?
My Uncle
לפני 14 שנים
It Kills Me
My Fight
Panic Attack
Workplace Sexual Harassment
5
Ashamed
Sexual Abuse
Army
The summer between 6th and 7th grade
I Was a Fool for Him
My year abroad
Impacted Forever
Never Got Over It
Rude awakening
Undertones Throughout My Life
I was a raped by a couple...
The summer between 6th and 7th grade
Trying To Help
Why you should talk to your daughters...
My First Boyfriend
Bringing the Stories to Light
My Last Party
When will it be enough?
I Was Only 7
It was never…..That
אוףףףף
Metoo
It’s Hard But It Gets Better
Unethical or illegal?
It started with you.
Michelle Johnston
היי לינור
Seis Años
What’s Done Is Done
Scar
Assault?
I don’t know what happened
Holding It In
I am 1 in 4
Boy scout of america
A Different MeToo
Afraid to be Brave
Feels like i am drowning
Betrayed
היי
How Could It Have Happened
Started As a Child
Why Me?
“She Didn’t Do Anything”
Four Years Ago
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Trauma
3 Times is Not Charming
Out of Control
Rape
Blamed Myself
God Saved Me
College Rape
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
Brock and Will
Ending Misogyny
Nearly 50 years later
Bad Morning
Didn’t Know Until Later
Too naïve
Over 40 years Ago
A Message from the Director
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Abused By My Cousin and Uncle
Am i being raped?
Cruel Kids
Justice
From a Boyfriend
Shame
He took away my innocence
I don’t know if it counts
Rape !!
I wish I would have been smarter
Pastor’s Son
Mi Historia
They asked if I was lying
Spoke out and was blamed
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
De Los 6 a Los 12
I Don’t Even Know His Name
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
I Lost My Virginity
I was only 11
Not like the rape you always hear...
Don’t Know
A Wolf Hidden In Sheeps Clothing
Amber’s Story
Afraid
More Than a Survivor
College Professor
Betrayed By a Loved One
Molested by my biological father
A Loss to Mankind
How it makes me feel 5 years...
My Daughter and I Both
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
Planned Rape
Abuse and Rape
Raped by my boyfriend
Unwanted Flashbacks
J’avais 13 ans
I Want to Live
Be Careful Who You Trust
Rape and Crisis
Childhood Friend Date Rape
So Many Years to Remember
Finally Healing
Was it my fault?
Raped and Numbed
A respectable collegue
Okay, Not Okay
April 19th
Why Me Over and Over?
Had Her Back
יש חיים אחרי אונס
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
The Statistics that Changed Me
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
I don’t know if it’s rape
“Trust me, take a chance”
He Was a Cop
Black Girl
I Was 10
My Story
I’m tired of hiding what you did
Raped At 16, 29, 31
True Tales No One Knows
Ashamed
I was raped for 3 years
Friend of mines set me up
Secretly Molested
Glitter Girl, Gone.
My Story, My Nightmare
You had no rights
Was It My Fault?
Colored Hair and Diamond Tattoo
Stepfather
Raped After Work
Life After Death
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Raped Husband
Incapacitated Still
My First Two Times
The First time I shared…
Survivor, Still Struggling
A Day My Life Changed Forever
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Rape and Crisis
3 Different Times
Respect
Lying Child Molester
I Choose Hope

Friends?
He Was My Boss
A Silent Fighter
So Long Ago But Still With Me
כמוני כמוך
Sexual Abuse
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
I Just Need to Tell Someone
Who Do I Trust
Close of a Brother
Different face, but the same monster
Exposing Rapists – A Poem
MY Inspirational Story
Confused by Rape
My story
Myself
When I Was 8 Years Old
Never Again
The Night I Wished Never Happened!!
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Rape and Not Believed
my grandmas friend’s son raped me
Why Me?
I Am Finally FREE
incest
Date rape
I am a Survivor
Girls Without Parents
It Happens All Too Often
Not just me
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
‘Were you drinking?’
הטרידו אותי
He Cashed in His Trust
A flat tire is a rapist’s opportunity
Lasting memories
Rape
Frozen in fear
Someone so close to me
My story!
My story growing up with a secret
Date Raped
Shame
One Day At a Time
3 incidents
Stand Strong
Together, We Are Brave
