#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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Date Rape
My Step Brother
Raped as a Young Boy
Why Me Over and Over?
Thank you for being LOUD!
Hard Time
It’s OK
My Life in Foster Care
Daycare Teacher
Too Many Times
A respectable collegue
Summer 2019
They asked if I was lying
My Army Fiance
Bringing the Stories to Light
No one cares
Despedida
My Evil Brother
Did I ask for it?
All Just Too Much
Rape
So Many Times
After 14 Years
You Must Acknowledge
Too Trusting
Date Rape
Sexual Abuse
It never stopped
First Crush
‘I have a voice’
Is It Rape When It’s Your Husband??
Cavemen
Finally Healing
Finally Sharing
A young mother
Friends??
Nirbhaya “ fearless”: Justice for the Brutal...
My story
Finding Words
Unsure
Sexual Assault
The Life I Live
November ’08
Raped
Drugged raped and failed by justice
I Thought I was Safe
MY Inspirational Story
Politeness Serves No One
Lost Soul
I was raped…
Raped by Abusive Husband
School Prom
The Friendship I Always Never Wanted
Breaking the Trust
Mental Breakdown
Too naïve
Twice is too much
My Boss Raped Me
Abused as a Child
School Principal
Darkness With Friends
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Sexual Assault Survival
Repressed Memory
Still Going
Never Thought It Would Happen To Me
First “Real” Boyfriend
Proud
my story
Halloween Nightmare
לפני 14 שנים
Story of My Life
My Daughter’s Rape
My Scars Do Not Define Me
I’m Doing You a Favor
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Broken vase
הסיפור שלי…
My Daughter and I Both
My Step Brother Raped Me
I just realized this today.
Red Flags
Ms.
Molestation
ללינור היקרה
Lost Trust In Men For The Longest...
Raped in the Air Force
Lotus
My Mom
Sexual Assault Survival
Something I’ve Never Shared
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Coming forward turned into a nightmare
Time Stood Still
We met at the bar
My step dad raped me
אוףףףף
Help
Find Your Strength
My Side
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Around 9 PM
It never goes away
Just Words
In Front of My Girls
How can we make it stop?
Knowledge is Power
Kidnapped and Raped
J’avais 13 ans
Was It Rape?
Respect
Date Rape
My stepfather
He Was a Family Friend
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
Shattered Childhood
Light In The Dark
When no means nothing
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Holding It In
Male dancer
i was a child.
I Am Not Brave
The Statistics that Changed Me
I Was 16
Black Girl
I Too Was Raped
Drugged and Raped at Age 14
Too naïve
I was 11
When Father’s Day is Painful
Mrs
The Day Everything Changed
I Thought I was Safe
Raped By My Neighbour
The secret
I met evil at a young age
Wanted Love But Got Rape
My story growing up with a secret
Be Careful Who You Trust
Need Support
Survivor
Rapist Turned Murderer
Raped at the age of 16
Family
3 years on
The Statistics that Changed Me
Ritual Sexual Abuse
The Aftermath
I’m Not Easy
כמוני כמוך
Raped by a work colleague
“Me too” On Facebook
Last Party
My Story
He used me. He left me.
So Much Pain Its Overwhelming
The Night I Wished Never Happened!!
Molested
Mi Historia
Raped by my ex-boyfriend
Victim of sexual assault
I’m Not Sure
Stolen Innocence
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
The First Man In My Life
Childhood Horror
Nobody Knows
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Michael B. raped me
Still Can’t Believe It
Sexual Assault
I Don’t Trust My Father
I didn’t know
Mi Esposa
A Day My Life Changed Forever
Why Me?
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Piece
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Raped at 16
Rape
Freshman on Campus
Raped At 16, 29, 31
My Best Friend
The Guy I Trusted
A Night I Can’t Remember
Friend of mines set me up
Stand Strong
3 incidents
Sex doll
Ended in Rape
My Best Friend’s Brother
Not A Trustworthy Man
I am More than a Victim
Almost Raped
April 19th
גבר אלים וחולני
I’m Not Sure
Child sexual assualt
Victim Impact Statement
My Sister, My Best Friend & Me
עדיין מציק
My mother’s boyfriend
Self Worth
One in Four
Raped by my boyfriend
A Night To Remember
Glitter Girl, Gone.
When My Body Wasn’t Mine.
Young and Unaware
First Frat Party
Males can be victims too
All Just Too Much
5 Years On
Stockholm
לא יוצאים מזה…
Un-Silenced
An Abnormal Reaction
High School Rape
It’s OK
Raped in a Psychiatric Hospital in the...
I Thought I Could Trust Him
Just Another Night
I Am Finally FREE
De Los 6 a Los 12
I felt like it didn’t count because...
Silenced But Not Forever
היי
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Close of a Brother
No Justice
It is not my fault
I Am Brave

Don’t Give Up
