#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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So drunk I can’t remember
He raped me. I hugged him goodbye...
I don’t know anymore
Extremely Terrified
Molested By Two Uncles
Just Me………
Not just me
Halting The Pain
Just Words
I don’t know what to do
He Was My Father
I Don’t Even Know
Breaking The Silence
All Just Too Much
Raped at 16
My Rape
6 to 20
What’s Done Is Done
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
Travelling
Attempted rape
I Am Brave!
Blaming Myself
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Lightening Does Strike Twice
Unhealthy Relationship
My Best Friend’s Husband Raped Me
Trapped
Assaulted By Family Member
My Past
Think You Know
The Hole in My Heart
Date Rape
הטרידו אותי
incest
Tulane Law
A Fruit, a Holy Building, and a...
Shattered Childhood
כמוני כמוך
Ms.
Forced, De-flowered
Glitter Girl, Gone.
My Story
17
blackmailed
לפני 14 שנים
Only I get to make choices for...
Ashamed Afraid Angry Grey
Molested by my biological father
Scared to close my eyes
No means yes to some
My Best Friend’s Brother
My Ex Husband – My Biggest Enemy
Molested by my biological father
To the man who stole my independence
Summer 2019
Enough Is Enough
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
you do what you gotta
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Roommates
I was assaulted twice at the same...
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
You Must Acknowledge
Raped in the Air Force
I thought he was my friend
Not friends
My Best Friend
The Setup
5
My Story
My Rape Stories
Raped By My Biological Father
Just Fine
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
Sleepraping
Waiting For Justice
My Mom
Raped by a US Marine when I...
A young mother
Was almost raped and no one did...
Friend of mines set me up
How Many Times?
School Rape
16 times
Raped Husband
En Enero de 2010
Raped By a Friend
Army
Shelter My Soul
Raped by My Ex
A Victim No Longer
Exploitation Was My Lifestyle
He said I wanted it
Its Got To STOP!
Just Friends
sexual assault & abuse
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Abused by the boyfriend of my mom...
Despedida
Unethical or illegal?
So long, I’ll be seeing you everywhere
My Sexual Assault Story
A Letter To The Man Who Stole...
I was 17 and survived
היי לינור
What To Do IF You’re Not Raped...
Rubbing my scars
Thank you for speaking out…
Does the pain ever go away?
My Story
Middle School
37 Years Ago
So Many Years to Remember
When school isn’t safe. (Australia)
Finally Arrested
I Need to Tell Someone
When will it be enough?
Cavemen
Hide & Seek
Myself
Hard pregnency and delivery process after being...
Sexual Assault
Story of My Life
Kibbutz
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Unspoken
לא יוצאים מזה…
I Don’t Trust My Father
Life Purpose
I want my innocence back
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Blamed Myself
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Bad Decision
Employer rape
my story
Bringing the Stories to Light
Army
I was assaulted twice at the same...
Remember November
Mi Esposa
My babysitter
Lying Child Molester
Spoke out and was blamed
Friends are sharing
Was Told to Shut My God Damn...
Was I assaulted?
My Story of a Gang Rape
That’s not Me, it’s Her
Careful What You Wish For
Sex doll
Drugged
Once When I Was 6, Once When...
#IStandWithHer
Justice
Halloween Nightmare
Because of you
Trader Joes
De Los 6 a Los 12
I was very dumb.
Love of My Life?
A Meek Young Girl
Broken Car Broke Me
A respectable collegue
So Many Times
Boyfriend Hell
What am I doing wrong
Finally Accepting I Was Raped
The Fight We Can All Win
Safe Isn’t Always What We Believe
Out of Control
My Life in Foster Care
23 year old virgin
I didn’t know
Multiple Assaults
BC Oilfield Ruined My Life
Raped in my own bed
One Morning
A Beautiful Trap
Too naïve
Brave
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
My Story
Sexual Abuse
Incest
Frozen
Christmas Horror
I Lost My Virginity
Wanted Love But Got Rape
Rape Under Intoxication
Brother Abused
Sexual Assault
Cafeteria Food
Simply My Story
University Bar
Scar
Drugged
Stormy Night
11 Years to Justice
Protecting My Predator
How to handle it
Say Something
Is It Really Rape?
J’avais 13 ans
Unbelievable
Scar
Unbelievable
I trusted him
College Rape
I was just 9.
College Campus Rape
Freshman Year
אוףףףף
I just wanted to give him a...
You Can’t Trust Anyone
הסיפור שלי…
“Me too” On Facebook
Rape or Not?
How Brave Miss World Changed My Life
Glitter Girl, Gone.
I am a Survivor.
He said he’d never do it again
Lightening Does Strike Twice
Something I’ve Never Shared
גבר אלים וחולני
You Didn’t Break Me
Assaulted on a Holiday
Last Party
Never Be the Same Again
I Am A Survivor
3rd Grade Terror
Hollywood’s Lost Angels
The abuser
Never Ending
Ride from the Concert
My Ongoing Journey
Drugged After Junior Prom
Déja-vu
Growth
No More Silence
My story growing up with a secret
Erase and Rewind
Over 40 years Ago
Wanted Love But Got Rape
Why Didn’t You Stop Him?
My younger brother
Dear Coward
Seis Años
Ritual Sexual Abuse
I Was Only 7
The Summer of 2013
Perfect on Paper
Just wanted to be loved
Braver

