#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 Journey Back to Life
היי לינור
Rape
Raped by a work colleague
My story of my date rape
I know when I see a rapist...
She’s a survivor
Rape
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Forced, De-flowered
my story
Step Dad
Did I ask for it?
Survivor of child molestation and date rape
STRONG
My case is different from yours
Just Wanted to Escape
One in Four
We Were Kids
Piece
Rape
First Frat Party
I am still running
A person to trust became my worst...
Ms.
Black and Blue
They Laughed
Obsessed Abusive Ex
Rape
Liberating Moment
Sexually assaulted at 4
A Picture
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
Throughout my teen years
First boyfriend raped me when i was...
A story of a not so perfect...
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
My Story
My Brother’s Best Friend
Multiple Times
My best friend
My Story
My Rape
I Was Raped
Rape Shaming
Sexual Abuse
This Is Me, my fight song
The Same Effect
My story
Lost Trust In Men For The Longest...
Lightening Does Strike Twice
Why Didn’t You Speak Up?
An Intruder
ללינור היקרה
My story growing up with a secret
My First Two Times
Raped Husband
I am not a rape victim
Remember November
De Los 6 a Los 12
Mental Breakdown
Being drunk is not consent
Twice is too much
PART 4: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
Happy Hell-oween
I Woke Up In The Tub
I Too Was Raped
Im 16
In Five Years
Bad Morning
Molestation
Rape by Boyfriend
Life of Trauma
April 19th
Ignored For a Lifetime
Abused and defeated
I wish she wouldve helped me
My Life Destroyed in 5 Minutes
Second Date
True Tales No One Knows
The Boys Club Continues
Date Rape
The Beginning
My survival story
The Summer of 2013
His opportunity
Call Me Anything But That
Child sexual abuse
גבר אלים וחולני
Fear Became a Part of My Life
My Younger Sister
f*ck you
13 & Alone
By my friend
He Was My Dad
Gang Rape
To my best friend who raped me
Rape, Sexual Abuse
Multiple Times
My principal mom raped me
7 years and it still controls me
Shelter My Soul
Asking for advice
Sexual Assault at 11
Party Time
Too drunk to respond
My Family My Love
Spoke out and was blamed
I Still Blame Myself
It Happens All Too Often
Not Over It
I don’t know what happened
Abusive Relationship
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Sexual Assault
Was it rape?
Losing My Virginity
Unknown
I Am a Survivor…
Is this normal?
Raped by ex boyfriend
Salted Wound
My Ex-husband
Deja Vu
Almost A Stranger
Don’t Walk By Yourself
When I Was 8 Years Old
My Best Friend’s Boyfriend
A Loss to Mankind
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Scared
Stranger Rape
These Men are More Protected Than We...
So Long Ago But Still With Me
Doesnt Think He’s a Rapist
It’s OK
The Healing Process
Life Is Rough
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Stolen Innocence
Rape inside marriage is still rape…
Was It My Fault?
First Crush
A respectable collegue
My Own Sister
My Mother was raped and told me...
The Summer of 2013
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
I Don’t Know My Story
Three Times in a Row
Rape
Why Me Over and Over?
This is my story
My Story.
Ex-Boyfriend
I can say it now
Black Girl
The reason for my tattoo
My Story
I wanted to get high
From Grief to Trauma
So long, I’ll be seeing you everywhere
Attempted Rape
What Happened?
Aftermath
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Young and Unaware
Dad Raped Me
No Wasn’t Good Enough
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Mi Esposa
Was it my fault?
Was It My Fault?
So Now What?
Just Words
I Was Only 7
Naive and Raped at 15
Piece
Sexual assualt causes you not to be...
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Army
Now I Understand My Husband
Survivor
My Mom
Raped at the Air Force Academy
Raped and Numbed
It Felt Like Rape
A childhood to recover from
Raped by ex boyfriend
sexual assault
I Too Was Raped
My Boyfriend Raped Me
They thought it was fun
From a Boyfriend
5 years now
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
When I Was 8 Years Old
I think my “boyfriend” raped me
My Army Fiance
Raped at the Air Force Academy
innocent
Metoo
A Long Healing Process
My Story, My Nightmare
Pastor’s Son
Raped in the Air Force
The Chapter Before The End
Raped as a child and teen
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Man Raped By Man
It Happened To Me
Denial
Don’t Want to Anymore
Mi Historia
My Rapes
I was raped and I didnt know...
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
Unethical or illegal?
He Took My Virginity
Cavemen
4 Days Before 16th Birthday
Survivor
Date Rape
Too Young
Was it rape if he’s my boyfriend?
Locked Up
Rape
So drunk I can’t remember
When I Was Three
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
J’avais 13 ans
הסיפור שלי…
Prescription Drugs
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
Circumstances Collided That Night
הטרידו אותי
A Night I Can’t Remember
Being Raped
Raped By a Female
Stronger Than You Think
עדיין מציק
Afraid
Be Aware
The rape apology and my reply
It Happened To Me
So Now What?
Childhood Trauma
Wanted Love But Got Rape
Sex doll
Light In The Dark
When Does It End
Freshman Year
לא יוצאים מזה…
I like to think I won’t feel...
Erase and Rewind
Alcohol
Colored Hair and Diamond Tattoo
Seis Años
My Father
Day at the Lake
Politeness Serves No One
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Sexual Assault
Touched by my cousin
Why Me Over and Over?
He was my younger brothers friend
I wish she wouldve helped me
why me
I Trusted Him
My Nightmare
At 17yr old was raped by my...
En Enero de 2010
I Thought He Loved Me
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Raped as a Baby
Dating For 10 Months When…
I was a raped by a couple...
Why
A Victim No Longer
Too naïve
He took everything
Its Got To STOP!
Rapist Turned Murderer
Rape
Why Didn’t You Speak Up?
He bought me chips and sent me...
My step dad raped me
Kibbutz
Moving on Alone from Rape
My First Time
Sexual harassment
Male dancer
Taken Advantage
Rape
Forced, De-flowered
As If It Never Happened
April 19th
Finally ready to tell my story
אוףףףף
Sexual Assault
היי
He Took My Virginity
He Lied
Girl Raped By a Girl
Twice a pattern?
Me too…
Remember November
Men get raped too…
Raped Husband
I Am Brave
