#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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I’m a Survivor because I am a...
3 Times is Not Charming
Okay, Not Okay
Lightening Does Strike Twice
Close of a Brother
Drugged and Gang Raped
Was It Rape?
Military Man
I Am Still Standing
הסיפור שלי…
Afraid of the Truth
My Boyfriend
The Reason I Feel Alone
Raped in my own bed
Erase and Rewind
Date Rape
Panic Attack
Once When I Was 6, Once When...
I still see him on campus
My story
I am a different me
We were both 10.
My story growing up with a secret
Sexual Assault
Mother and Son
LOST
How My Life Has Changed
Multiple Times
2 Years Ago
Raped at the age of 16
More Than Once
Just Words
Twice
Workplace Sexual Harassment
It’s OK
Black and Blue
School Bathroom
It’s Been Eight Years
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
When i was stripped of my innocence
The Guy I Trusted
Abusive Relationship
Date Rape
Too naïve
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
Was it rape?
My teacher and my step-brother
Raped By A Registered Sex Offender
Blaming Myself
Molestation
My Story of a Gang Rape
Just a Joke
More Than Once
Hidden Emotions
My 21st Birthday
Love of My Life?
Drunken Rape
Raped at age 9 & 15
Sexual Coercion
I Don’t Trust My Father
Pregnancy
Family members ex husband
Broken Girl
3x
Still Affected
My Dad
My Story
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
What am I doing wrong
Sexual Assualt Overseas
My “Uncle” Raped Me
Prom Night
Date Rape
My Story
Rape
A Letter To The Man Who Stole...
My Story
I Didn’t See It In Time
I Barely Knew Them
Prisoner of Love
Raped because of who I loved
Bartender Lies
A person to trust became my worst...
A Zillion Baths But Still Feel Dirty
Not just me
Sexual assault/ sex trafficking
When I Was 8 Years Old
I Thought He Loved Me
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Remember as a victim you have done...
One week and three days
Sex doll
Are you sure?
Not Really Family
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
De Los 6 a Los 12
Twice
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Broken Homes, Broken Families
Marital Rape
היי לינור
I’m a Victor, not a Victim
Domestic rape
I Blame Myself
Afraid of Being Judged
A Family Member Sexually Took Advantage Of...
Light In The Dark
Silenced But Not Forever
Spoke out and was blamed
Drunken rape
Ritual Sexual Abuse
My Rape
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Ms.
School Rape
My Journey Back to Life
I Choose Hope


