#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.
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Forced, De-flowered
Don’t Want to Anymore
Blamed myself …
raped as a lone solidier in israeli...
Survivors of Continuous Events of Sexual ABUSE
Confused
My Year in Hell
My Story
Roommates
Someone I Dated
Torn
לפני 14 שנים
היי
אוףףףף
Call Me Anything But That
Male dancer
ללינור היקרה
Not My Friend
Who Do I Trust
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Not Sure It Happened
I Didn’t Even Know Him
Myself
35 Years Ago
PART 2: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
Life After Death
CPS Let My Rapist Walk Free
Neglected
Confused and Angry
Naive and Raped at 15
Too naïve
גבר אלים וחולני
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
My story and this amazing documentary film
Need Support
My Relationship With Dad
A respectable collegue
my story
Multiple Times
Raped as a Boy
Violent Rape
Despedida
A person to trust became my worst...
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Feeling Lost
Raped By a Female
Aftermath
Lying Child Molester
The Night My Life Changed
I Am Still Standing
Confused
dad and mom rape
I’m Confused
Ex-Boyfriend
Was I Raped?
Rape
Breaking The Silence
I Didn’t Know I Was Raped
One Day At a Time
My husband raped me when I took...
I Remember Being Happy
Was I Abused?
My Family My Love
Shout Out
Rape
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
Night of Psychedelic Horror
Finally Arrested
Too Scared to Share With My Family
Drugged raped and failed by justice
I thought we were friends
הסיפור שלי…
It’s OK
Molested
De Los 6 a Los 12
I still see him on campus
Surpris à la Maison
The Statistics that Changed Me
You Didn’t Break Me
Confused by Rape
Unethical or illegal?
So Many Years to Remember
19 years later and still thinking about...
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Not Over It
Weathering The Storm
I didn’t say no
Spoke out and was blamed
Multiple Times
I Was Raped
Shelter My Soul
יש חיים אחרי אונס
I Trusted Him
For the guy
Summer 2019
I Will Never Forget
Raped By My Therapist
Read This Please
Raped by my ex-boyfriend
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
They thought it was fun
My Story
Halting The Pain
Rape
My Story
Attempted Rape
Didn’t Think it Could Happen to ME
Sexual Abuse
Marital Rape
Raped
School Rape
I was raped
Them
Rape
You were supposed to be my friend
sexual assault
A Loss to Mankind
Betrayed
Your truth will change someones’ life.
When I Was 7
Raped as a Boy
I Was 19
It wasn’t my fault
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
My Life in Foster Care
My Friend’s Ex-Boyfriend
Today, I Let It All Go
כמוני כמוך
So drunk I can’t remember
New Years Eve Party
Just Like Yesterday
I wish I remembered
Help
Incest & Date Rape
Ripples
All Just Too Much
Me too.
My Friend
Sexual Abuse
13 & Alone
Is Healing Possible?
Empty
Trying To Help
My step dad raped me
10 years later I realised
My Own Brother
Aftermath
Erase and Rewind
5th Grade
“No” is Universal
3 balls, striking
School Prom
First Time
En Enero de 2010
One Bad Decision
Drugged
Returning to Mexico
First Friend at University
Happy Birthday
Patient People
My Coach My Rapist
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Drugged After Junior Prom
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Just little girls
Blaming Myself
Sexual Abuse in a Relationship
I Was 16
Uncomfortable
My Best Friend’s Boyfriend
When tears and no aren’t the answer
I Didn’t Want to Do It
I Slept Next to Him
Too Young
5 Years On
My 11 Year Old Selfs Story
He took it as yes
It was not my fault
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
Molest
my story
My Story
Not friends
Exploitation Was My Lifestyle
You were supposed to be my friend
Deja Vu
Army
Freshman Year
It was his word against mine
The Party
I Thought He Loved Me
Surviving, Kinda
I thought he was a friend
School Prom
Child on Child Sexual Abuse
Step Daddy
Ms.
Raped at the Air Force Academy
My experience as an intern in highschool
Not just me
16 times
Letter to…
We met at the bar
Night Out
Remember as a victim you have done...
My Rape
A Letter To The Man Who Stole...
Surviving Sexual Abuse: A Childhood Story
Shelter My Soul
Ashamed
Just Words
Close of a Brother
I Was Only 7
Raped & Kidnapped By An Ex
HS Reunion
Rape by Boyfriend
He Was a Family Friend
Blamed Myself
היי לינור
Raped in the Air Force
Assault, Battery, and Rape
My story growing up with a secret
The Chapter Before The End
הטרידו אותי
f*ck you
Rape
Stairwell
My Step Brother
Never Forget
First College Party
I Am Brave!
7th Grade Assault
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Forgotten Memories Submerge
I Am Finally FREE
עדיין מציק
Hateful
3 incidents
Pain
Raped By 6 Policemen
J’avais 13 ans
He Was a Family Friend
Just Friends
What am I doing wrong
When I Was Three
Neighbor
November ’08
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
Didn’t Realize It
My Cousin
Afraid of Being Judged
Being Raped
Just Another Night
My Own Sister
Workplace Sexual Harassment
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Blackout
Sex doll
Raped and Molested
Rock It!
