#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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Thank You
We had sex before
Resilience
How can we make it stop?
When school isn’t safe. (Australia)
10 Years!
Multiple Rapes
Date Rape
My Daughter and I Both
Black Out
This Is Me, my fight song
Diana Oakley’s Story
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
Going to be His Girlfriend
I am J. D. R., and I...
My Story
Messed Up Childhood
Drugged raped and failed by justice
Blamed Myself
The First Man Who Broke My Heart
Was It Rape?
Don’t Know What to Call What Happened
Scared Like Crazy
Child sexual abuse
My Own Sister
Spousal Rape
Drugged After Junior Prom
Make Me Proud
East Area Rapist/Golden State Killer – Joseph...
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
He doesn’t even know he raped me
Online Dangers
Prom Night
Still Unable to Tell People
Our Corrupted Country
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
I Too Was Raped
Never Even Knew
Life of Trauma
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
היי
Forced, De-flowered
Was It My Fault?
My Boss Raped Me
I didn’t even know I was pregnant
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Ex-Boyfriend
“Me too” On Facebook
Spring Break Nightmare
My Father
Since Age 6?
Holding It In
Broken Trust
These Men are More Protected Than We...
Childhood Friend Date Rape
Raped in the Air Force
Fear
I don’t know what to do
I Was Told It Was Normal
Ms.
Alone No Longer, Brave Till the End
Not Sure It Happened
Today, I Let It All Go
No Justice
Just Words
He was jealous of my new friend
Why does this keep happening to me?
Wouldn’t take no for an answer
My Story
Raped at 16
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Gang Raped
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
School Bathroom
A Night I Will Never Forget
I’m Unbroken and So Are You
Cavemen
לפני 14 שנים
Childhood of assault
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Married My Rapist
Molestation
Survivors of Continuous Events of Sexual ABUSE
Spoke out and was blamed
Overcoming My Story of Rape
My Oldest Friend
LOST
He Was My Family
Realization of Rape
Bad Programming
Quarterly Review
Bad Decisions
No
Sexual Assault
En Enero de 2010
My Fight
I Still Blame Myself
my story
Unethical or illegal?
Respect
Disappointed
Cousin rape
Bullied for Reporting Sexual Assault
14 year old raped at school
Date rape
I Dated My Rapists
I Didn’t Even Know
I thought we were friends
Raped By My Father
Now I Understand My Husband
Did I ask for this?
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
גבר אלים וחולני
I still see him on campus
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
An Uber Driver Raped Me
I was molested and raped at 6
Victimization
Male dancer
He’s Dead
Michelle Johnston
Overcome It
Sexual Abuse
Sex doll
My 21st Birthday
Confused
What happened to me doesn’t have to...
I Blamed Myself
My survival story
I Just Started High School
Relationship does not equal consent
My stepfather raped me
What Was I Thinking?
Knowledge is Power
A Letter To The Man Who Stole...
Doesnt Think He’s a Rapist
Date Rape
Army
הטרידו אותי
Mi Historia
6 to 20
I am a Survivor
Snowball Effect
Never Lose Hope
The Statistics that Changed Me
It never stops changing you
הסיפור שלי…
A young mother
Under Age drinking
Party Accident
Rape
Molestation
Coming forward turned into a nightmare
Off My Shoulders
לא יוצאים מזה…
Raped at the Air Force Academy
De Los 6 a Los 12
Our Stories & Pain Are Valid
Raped After Work
Molested
My Interview
Our Corrupted Country
Blamed Myself
כמוני כמוך
Family rape
Broken
College Rape
10 YEARS OF SILENCE
I blamed myself for so long
I was raped by a youtube personality...
My Childhood
This Is My Story
Despedida
Hollywood’s Lost Angels
A person to trust became my worst...
Shelter My Soul
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Molested
Something I’ve Never Shared
Abused By My Cousin and Uncle
Not normal
היי לינור
Rape
Help
A Year After
Sexual Assault
Life Purpose
In Denial of My Rape
He’s Dead
The healing process
When I Was 8 Years Old
Two Times
I am a survivor
Too naïve
Life Changer
My best friends dad
These Men are More Protected Than We...
Neighbor
Holiday Rape
My Fight
Mi Esposa
My Friend
Victim of Abuse
75 Percent Humidity
Nearly 50 years later
I was carrying his daughter.
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
He was 56
Raped
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Three Times in a Row
With Love
Raped in my own bed
Raped at the Air Force Academy
I Am Still Standing
Finding My Voice
I Was Only 7
Case Dropped by Prosecutor
Rape
Mi Esposa
Why you should talk to your daughters...
3 years on
The Hole in My Heart
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
Blindsided
My Supervising Doctor
Raped in my Hostel
A Lifetime of #MeToo – How Sexual...
I know when I see a rapist...
My Story
I Recorded my Rapist
Everyone loves him
ללינור היקרה
It Was the Second
Scar
Scared and Confused
Raped Three Times
My boyfriend of 2 years
A Lifetime of #MeToo – How Sexual...
Light In The Dark
So Long Ago But Still With Me
Halloween 2014
“Me too” On Facebook
The Girl Who Went To College
Confused
I Too Was Raped
Summer 2019
Assaulted
Many Years Ago
Still Going
I’m Confused
At 17yr old was raped by my...
Breaking the Silence
Finding Me
Virgin Rape
My Brother’s Best Friend
I Didn’t Want to Do It
So drunk I can’t remember
Molestation
Party Time
Rape
My Two Days of Hell
I Thought I Knew Hi
My Mom
“Trust me, take a chance”
My First Two Times
My Ongoing Journey
“No” is Universal
First Crush
A Message from the Director
