#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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My Past
Naïve
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
I Remember Being Happy
Rape
Exposing Rapists – A Poem
I Was Only 7
To this day I still feel sick…
I just realized this today.
Holding My Feelings In
Had Her Back
sexual assault & abuse
Army
Forest floor
Travelling
עדיין מציק
I don’t know anymore
From Heaven to Hell
Co-worker
4 Years Ago
היי לינור
Drunk and taken advantage of
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
Date Rape
Empty
Multiple Rapes
My Side
Felt safe in my friend group
Finally ready to tell my story
“Me too” On Facebook
Sexual Assault Survival
Not Real Rape
The Statistics that Changed Me
My abuse story victim to survivor
Michelle Johnston
Be Careful Who You Trust
היי
Afraid of Being Judged
Speaking Up for Women
My principal mom raped me
Child sexual abuse
My Snowball Effect
Ended in Rape
Male dancer
It Started With Rape
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Am I really that broken?
Rape
Darkness With Friends
Incest & Date Rape
4th grade
Six Years Old
Ms
What now?
When Will This Nightmare End
Life Purpose
Survivor of COCSA
25 years of fear
Not Safe in Your Own Family
3 years on
Freshman Year
Trusted Him
My story growing up with a secret
You Must Acknowledge
Night of Psychedelic Horror
My boyfriend of 2 years
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Time To Tell
My Rape
Moving on Alone from Rape
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Hated Myself
Too naïve
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
Can Anyone Help?
People You Do Not Know
Halting The Pain
Lost Trust In Men For The Longest...
A Voice to be Heard
BoR Amendment VI – Protecting Rapists in...
First College Party
I Pretend Like I Don’t Remember…But I...
I Trusted Him
הסיפור שלי…
Breaking the Trust
#MeToo I am 1
My Biggest Secret
One in Four
Lotus
Unethical or illegal?
Weak
Rape Being Considered a “Joke”
What’s Done Is Done
Flashbacks
My best friends dad
They thought it was fun
Help…
It never seems like Rape to me
A Big Man
I didn’t fight back.
Start of grooming at 15
My best friend raped me
Rape Being Considered a “Joke”
A Day My Life Changed Forever
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Need Support
My First Two Times
His Charming Ways
I dont know what to call it
Rape & Sexual Assault
Stand Strong
Creepy Grand Uncle
Raped By Family
Convincing Myself
The cycle
I Am More Than It
Secret overload
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Just Friends
The secret
Politeness Serves No One
The Man in Uniform
16 times
Shout Out
The Silent But Haunting Wounds Of Rape
Employer rape
It Was My Fault
In Korea
Finally Arrested
f*ck you
לפני 14 שנים
Finally Sharing
Scared and Confused
I Was Raped By An Stranger
Family of Lies
Rape in my locked home
Less than a Minute of my Life
Lightening Does Strike Twice
My husband was molested as a child
My Story
I Was Only 14
My Stepbrother
More Witness than I Care to Live...
Victimization
I Am Still Standing
Married My Rapist
Spoke out and was blamed
A Nightmare
Raped at the Air Force Academy
Help !
I wish I remembered
My rape story
Cafeteria Food
He Was My Family
Cavemen
My “Step-father”
I am a Survivor
Summer 2019
A respectable collegue
Unsure
Broken Homes, Broken Families
Was it rape?
An Acquaintance
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
University Bar
Just Friends
When Does It End
A young mother
Lifetime of Abuse
My Uncle
My First Boyfriend
Life Spiraled
Over 40 years Ago
Don’t Want to Anymore
Through the Window
Blamed myself …
Out For A Walk
Raped by Him
Seis Años
Raped and Numbed
It’s A Long Story
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Used
Despedida
My Rape
Date Rape
Just Words
Today, I Let It All Go
This is MY story
The Girl Who Went To College
I’m a Victor, not a Victim
Cradle to the grave
Our Stories & Pain Are Valid
Couldnt Damage My Spirit
My Best Friends Brother
My Own Sister
Darkness With Friends
Boy scout of america
6 to 20
When It’s Personal
Childhood rape
My Best Friend
Mrs
I Want to Live
Sex doll
It Was the Second
College Campus Rape
Locked Up
Rape
Friends Uncle
Me too.
Violent Rape
Mi Esposa
When school isn’t safe. (Australia)
Frozen in fear
My Brother’s Best Friend
Nearly 50 years later
יש חיים אחרי אונס
ללינור היקרה
Spoke out and got fired
I wanted to get high
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
Males can be victims too
I Am Still Standing
A Child
My Daughter’s Rape
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Raped in the Air Force
Not Sure It Happened
Breaking the Silence

