#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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To the man who stole my independence
Forever Silent
He over stepped the mark
The cycle
Abuse of Men and By My Mother
My Story
Scarred for life
Closure
I can’t remember if I said yes...
two years ago
I’m Over Reacting
I wish I would have been smarter
My Ex-husband
Denial
Ignored For a Lifetime
Drugged
Domestic Rape
Seis Años
Respect
College Rape
Six months in the making..
Are you sure?
Use and Throw
Rape on a Foreign Exchange Trip
Ketamine Rape
I Said No
Obsessed Abusive Ex
Blindsided
Someone so close to me
Halloween Nightmare
CPS Let My Rapist Walk Free
I still see him on campus
random rape
What Happened?
Wanted Love But Got Rape
לפני 14 שנים
Halloween Nightmare
So Many Times
גבר אלים וחולני
A person to trust became my worst...
It was just a vacation
Me too.
I Will Never Forget
Remember November
My story
I don’t know if it’s rape
Sexual Assault in my own bed
לפני 14 שנים
היי
Afraid of Being Judged
He had my pants down
The Silent But Haunting Wounds Of Rape
Nightmare
7 Months
My Step Father
Multiple Rapes
My Story
My Story
When I Was 8 Years Old
Thank You
The Mailman Raped Me
More Than a Survivor
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Two Times
My story
Drugged raped and failed by justice
Raped by my step father
In Korea
My First Boyfriend
J’avais 13 ans
I Was Only 14
Ms.
A Childhood of Sexual Trauma
Second Night of College
When I Was 11…
Restoring Innocence
Date Rape
Mental Breakdown
Rape in supported accomodation
Couldnt Damage My Spirit
Still Rape
35 Years Ago
My Rape
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Drugged and Raped
Brother Abused
Worst Day Ever
Never forgot
How Brave Miss World Changed My Life
Freshman Year
My Story
Rape
Thought He Was A Friend
Is It Really Rape?
Michelle Johnston
Domestic Rape is Real
Did He Rape My Mind Too
Unethical or illegal?
Grooming
My best friend
Daycare
Why was it my fault?
Afraid of Being Judged
More Witness than I Care to Live...
Rape
My First Two Times
Couch Surfing
Childhood trauma and overcoming it
Just Words
One Bad Decision
My Life History
Fraternity Men
Out For A Walk
Not Safe in Your Own Family
One Bruise Too Many
Why you should talk to your daughters...
Night Out
De Los 6 a Los 12
Sex doll
My Rape
Extremely Terrified
Spoke out and was blamed
Now I Understand My Husband
A Victim No Longer
My Husband Set Me Up!
My story and this amazing documentary film
My Step Brother Raped Me
Ashly’s story
1 hour 3 days
After School
Forgotten Memories Submerge
Holding It In
En Enero de 2010
Bringing the Stories to Light
Start of grooming at 15
Party Time
היי לינור
עדיין מציק
Still Hurting
Finally Arrested
A Fun Night
To this day I still feel sick…
I’m getting Married tomorrow
Supporting Sisters
Child abuse
Off My Shoulders
3 Generations
Glitter Girl, Gone.
Stop
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
A Stong Woman
He Was My Dad
My principal mom raped me
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Hope for Healing
My Beloved Man
Did I ask for it?
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Because of You
Salted Wound
The Boys Club Continues
Blamed myself …
I survived
So Long Ago But Still With Me
Male dancer
New Year’s Eve Party
These Men are More Protected Than We...
All men are the same
Multiple Sexual Assaults
I know when I see a rapist...
Rape
My case is different from yours
Army
Agressée deux fois, mais toujours debout.
Mrs
“No” is Universal
Sexual Abuse
Returning to Mexico
My Step Brother
I survived
Is It Really Rape?
A Poem
Date Rape
Rape By Unknown
Never Thought It Would Happen To Me
Rape and the Aftermath
Molested While Sleeping
Mi Historia
5 Years On
Sexual Assault
Dream / Recall
Someone so close to me
Date Rape Drug
Blamed Myself
Still Going
My Rape
Sexual Coercion
Help !
Loss of Trust
I need some advice
I Am Brave

