#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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Molested
Broken vase
I know when I see a rapist...
Dad Raped Me
Abuse and Rape
Once? Twice? Five Times?
עדיין מציק
Sex doll
St. Louis Riots
Erase and Rewind
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Raped After Work
Does the pain ever go away?
Never Lose Hope
Relationship does not equal consent
לפני 14 שנים
My story
Digging my own grave
היי לינור
I was only 11
Mi Esposa
Multiple Rapes
Touched by my cousin
Tel Aviv
Sexual Abuse and Rape
He was my best friend
Bus Ride
Miss
Betrayed By a Loved One
An Abnormal Reaction
So long, I’ll be seeing you everywhere
Finding Words
He was 56
3 years later i still wonder if...
Miss
14 year old raped at school
I Trusted Him
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Ex-Boyfriend
Effort To Survive
4 Years Ago
Too drunk to respond
The Night I Wished Never Happened!!
Raped After School
7th Grade Assault
Nobody Knew
Sexist Families Leave Girls Vulnerable to Rape
My Mother was raped and told me...
Surviving, Kinda
Too drunk to remember
My friend assaulted me and another
Drunken Rape
Raped by my boyfriend
Hide & Seek
Molested by my brother as a child
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
I wish she wouldve helped me
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Raped Three Times
My story growing up with a secret
Spoke out and was blamed
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
3 Generations
Ms.
my story
Teenage Victim
Miss
How can we make it stop?
He Was a Cop
Supporting Sisters
I was molested and raped at 6
Something I’ve Never Shared
Circumstances Collided That Night
ללינור היקרה
Rape
Being Done
Someone so close to me
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Stolen innocence
Growth
Sexual harassment
you do what you gotta
Domestic rape
Afraid of Being Judged
Stronger Every Day
Date Rape
It never stopped
Naive and Vulnerable
My Little Town
He raped me. I hugged him goodbye...
A letter to my rapist
Pretty Girls
Help
אוףףףף
Rape By My Husband
Amusement Park
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Scared Like Crazy
I Trusted Him
הסיפור שלי…
He was jealous of my new friend
Growing Past Just Surviving
Multiple Times
Spousal Rape
Ashamed
I Want to Live
A sociopath in disguise
Am i being raped?
It just happened
I was attacked at 19 years old
Bartender Lies
A Family Cycle
Did I ask for it?
I Didn’t Know
Don’t Know What to Call What Happened
I don’t know what to think
The Other Guy
It was not my fault
Mi Historia
My First Time
The Statistics that Changed Me
Unsure
First Love to Long Term Abuse
He’s Dead
He took away my innocence
Party Time
But I Was Drunk
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
End of Innocence
לא יוצאים מזה…
SURVIVOR OF RAPE
Raped in the Air Force
Birthday Rape
Alone No Longer, Brave Till the End
Don’t Walk By Yourself
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
Sexual Abuse
Pregnancy
גבר אלים וחולני
Nothing important…
Few People Know
Too naïve
Three Times in a Row
How Brave Miss World Changed My Life
I just realized this today.
My neighbor and his friends
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
Childhood rape
Accepting myself and my story after…
It never stops changing you
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
I Am Beautiful Now
He Was My Friend
I Was Only 7
Just Words
5 Years On
Male dancer
His Charming Ways
Naive and Raped at 15
After 14 Years
His Masterpiece
A Private College; A Private Rape
Rape
I was carrying his daughter.
היי
Such Shame
Middle school sexual harassment
Rape
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
1 in 5
Assaulted
Molestation
It’s still happening
I Prayed for Death
I Thought He Loved Me
Doesnt Think He’s a Rapist
Drugged
Almost Raped
Broken Homes, Broken Families
It’s Been Eight Years
Undertones Throughout My Life
Erase and Rewind
Summer 2019
More Witness than I Care to Live...
I am not a rape victim
I was raped and I didnt know...
Beyond a story
Gang Rape
Too naïve
Broken Trust
Case Dropped by Prosecutor
A young mother
Rape by Boyfriend
LOST
In-Between Times
My Journey Back to Life
Sleep Over
Hope after repeated rape
Nothing for Nothing
The First Time
Never Be the Same Again
I wanted to get high
Frozen in fear
I Am Not Brave
Brother in Law
Unethical or illegal?
It was my ex boyfriend
You Must Acknowledge
Finding Me
It Happens All Too Often
Lost Trust In Men For The Longest...
Confused
Politeness Serves No One
Was it Really Rape
So drunk I can’t remember
What To Do IF You’re Not Raped...
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Politeness Serves No One
Your truth will change someones’ life.
Daycare Teacher
A friend who is a rapist
Braver

