#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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Shelter My Soul
ללינור היקרה
Sex doll
My Ongoing Journey
I Too Was Raped
Weak
Finally Sharing
I Thought I Was Safe
15
Love and Forced abortion
Rape?
Drunken Rape
Rape and Not Believed
CPS Let My Rapist Walk Free
It Was the Second
Football Player
My secret
Respect
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Mistaken Identity
כמוני כמוך
I was carrying his daughter.
I will never forget
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
Survivor
Life of Trauma
Light In The Dark
My Ongoing Journey
לפני 14 שנים
Patient People
Drugged and Gang Raped
First Date
Sexual Abuse and Rape
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
A Fun Night
Too much trauma
What Was I Thinking?
I never knew he was Satan
Three Times in a Row
Family rape
Ms
My story of my date rape
Rude awakening
Finally Sharing
Molested
Let Down
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Despedida
I Too Was Raped
Lying Child Molester
10 years later I realised
Betrayed By My Own Mind
He’s Dead
Just Another Night
Sex doll
I Just Need to Tell Someone
7 years and it still controls me
A respectable collegue
Happy Hell-oween
Ms.
Lasting Effects
Why: A Poem About My Rape
I Said No
Why wasn’t I able to say “NO!”?
Party Time
Mi Historia
Gang Raped
My stepfather raped me
Two times. One year.
Afraid of the Truth
My Mom
More Than Once
Assault
Did I ask for it?
To my best friend who raped me
Freshman on Campus
It Happened More Than Once
Unhealthy Relationship
Army
What Was It?
גבר אלים וחולני
Six months in the making..
Erase and Rewind
My First Time
Quarterly Review
I was raped
It Can Happen To Anyone
army
Politeness Serves No One
הטרידו אותי
A flat tire is a rapist’s opportunity
He was 56
Drunken rape
Childhood/teenage sexually abuse
sexual assault
Abuse Continued
He’s Still Out There
A Picture
עדיין מציק
Kibbutz
Raped by my Stepfather
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
A person to trust became my worst...
Sexual Abuse
75 Percent Humidity
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Moving On
אוףףףף
It’s OK
Spoke out and was blamed
Breaking the Trust
Bringing the Stories to Light
My Rape Story
My life changed on the day I...
Drunk and Alone
Not Living the Life I Once Lived
“raped” by my long time bf
Raped by a US Marine when I...
Male dancer
I regret not telling
Raped Husband
New Year’s Eve Party
Stockholm
Brave Miss(es) Indeed
How I Was Raped
An Abnormal Reaction
Not Another Moment
Lost in Europe
He Was My Friend
Confused by Rape
My Friend
Raped and Abused
I Am Not Brave
Still Hurting
Believe it or Not, It happened to...
She was 5 years old
Just Words
A Silent Fighter
Lost In Time
Anniversary
I Was Only 7
Raped By My Therapist
Struggling to Survive
I was a kid, you were my...
He bought me chips and sent me...
My deaf husband sued the Vatican
7th Grade Assault
Sexually abused by my step brothers
She sent a Warning, and Paid for...
I thought he was a brother
Drugged
random rape
Dream Job, Turned Nightmare
a shattered girl and her dreams restored
I didn’t say no
My Mother was raped and told me...
Mi Esposa
Raped By 6 Policemen
Myself
Raped and Numbed
Rape or Not?
Was It Rape? I Don’t Know
ללינור היקרה
Hotel
Restoring Innocence
Is this normal?
We go to the same church
A Journal of a Wayward Child
Multiple Rapes
I didn’t even know what was happening
היי לינור
You’re a Rapist
Dumbed Down
When I Was 8 Years Old
Drugged
Miss
Ignored
One Bad Decision
April 2015
לפני 14 שנים
@ years of rape and being drugged
I thought you loved me
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Emotional Abuse
I Trusted Him
I didn’t fight back.
Almost Raped
עדיין מציק
Heart broken
Drugged raped and failed by justice
Young and ruined
Date Rape?
Ignored For a Lifetime
F
Sexual Assault
Love of My Life?
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Ripples
Unethical or illegal?
Weak
You Were Supposed to Be My Protector
Student Exchange
Family Member
הסיפור שלי…
I Kept Saying No
Being Raped
Manhandling to Rape
Two Times
My case is different from yours
When Does It End
No Stranger
I know when I see a rapist...
I am a survivor
Deja Vu
My Mother Was Raped
Bartender Lies
The Setup
J’avais 13 ans
My story growing up with a secret
Myself
Freeing myself of demons
The Woods Don’t Speak
Night Out
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
This Is Me, my fight song
They asked if I was lying
Miss
Rape
I was raped and I didnt know...
The Statistics that Changed Me
En Enero de 2010
When will it be enough?
Too naïve
Camilla’s Story
So Many Years to Remember
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
My Fight
Third time’s the charm
I guess it was rape
Trusting
This Is Me, my fight song
College Rape
A Private College; A Private Rape
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
Dads boss daughter!!!!!!
Pedophile Neighbour
Time Heals
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Birthday Rape
Why you should talk to your daughters...
my story
Abuse of Men and By My Mother
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Too drunk to respond
Incest
A young mother
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Sexual Assault??
Is There Still Hope
Sharing #MeToo’s
Summer 2019
Raped because of who I loved
Rape
My First Two Times
My Rape Stories
So Now What?
When Will My Voice Be Heard
My Story, My Nightmare
I Was Told It Was Normal
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
My Past
It’s Been 10 Years
Feeling Alone
Sexual Abuse in a Relationship
Raped by my boyfriend
He was right
Raped by stranger x2
My step dad raped me
I Never Give Up

