#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.
Contact us here: producers@BraveMissWorld.com
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Suffered and Survived
Sex doll
Forgiving The Rapist
He Was a Friend
Date Rape
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Multiple Assaults
Student Exchange
Rape
He Was My Best Friend
I Thought I was Safe
Bringing the Stories to Light
Surviving, Kinda
Drunk and taken advantage of
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
Not Over It
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
Fraternity Men
Warning
I wish I would have been smarter
Trader Joes
Never Seemed Worth Telling
Incest abuse
He Was My Father
Too naïve
Family Secrets
My Fight
I need some advice
Still Can’t Believe It
That “man”
He Was My Friend
This is my story
I met evil at a young age
A secondary survivor
En Enero de 2010
Males can be victims too
My best friend
My Story
Awareness Among Teenage Boys
High School Orientation
No Wasn’t Good Enough
Not Over It
Too naïve
I Was Only 7
My mom’s boyfriend assaulted me and my...
De Los 6 a Los 12
The Man Who Never Was
Felt safe in my friend group
Male dancer
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Thank You
My Step Brother Raped Me
Raped in the Air Force
Your First
Six months in the making..
My Classmate
I Accepted My Past
Why: A Poem About My Rape
I don’t know anymore
J’avais 13 ans
A Lifetime
dad and mom rape
Seis Años
Sexual Assualt Overseas
I know when I see a rapist...
In NYC
My Rapists I Grew Up With
Weak
So drunk I can’t remember
Exposing Rapists – A Poem
I Was Manipulated
My Daughter’s Rape
My Fiancé Destroyed Me
Why Me?
The Girl Who Went To College
What I Now Feel, Because of Him
When school isn’t safe. (Australia)
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
Senior Year Ended In The First Week
אוףףףף
Online Dangers
Atlantis
My stepfather raped me
Suppose to Protect Me
My Best Friend
לפני 14 שנים
It Happens All Too Often
Mi Historia
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Hostage
All Just Too Much
Couldnt Damage My Spirit
Drunk and Alone
Forgotten Memories Submerge
Not Remembering
All Just Too Much
Getting Away
Marital Rape and the abuser in my...
גבר אלים וחולני
No Means No
Raped At 15
היי
הטרידו אותי
Myself
Rape Is Everywhere
My story
The Boys Club Continues
No Comfort
Never Even Knew
Breakin Burgler
My Story
Frozen in fear
Playing Games
Betrayed By a Loved One
Just Words
Freeing myself of demons
Lotus
Ashamed
An Abnormal Reaction
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
He Lied
Black Girl
Raped in College
An Embarrassing Situation
Molestation
My Snowball Effect
Can I Call It Rape?
Gang Rape
More Witness than I Care to Live...
Taking Back My Life
Life Is Rough
Spring Break Nightmare
I Didn’t See It In Time
Raped By a Family Member
Military Man
Stockholm
Bringing the Stories to Light
I did Not need to know this
So Long Ago
My Story
I was born for this
Shattered
Party Accident
Ex-Boyfriend
I’m Only Stronger
My story growing up with a secret
My Story
I Am A Survivor
Thank you
More Than a Survivor
Supposed To Be There
Raped By a Female
he made me loose hope in love…
Forced to Have Sex with My Boyfriend
One Night Only
That wasn’t too bad now was it?
It Was the Second
Too Trusting
The thief
LOST
BFF’s Husband
My mom’s boyfriend assaulted me and my...
Rape and Crisis
Don’t Give Up

