#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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I know when I see a rapist...
My principal mom raped me
Forgiving The Rapist
Black Girl
I trusted him
silent rape
Blackout
הסיפור שלי…
Cavemen
Sexually Assaulted Or Not?
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
Mi Historia
Confused by Rape
Tulane Law
Cafeteria Food
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Anxiety
Date rape
My mom is in constant contact with...
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Drugged
Who is Responsible?
Isn’t Any Proof
I dont know what to call it
I Was a Fool for Him
Abusive Relationship
Noah
What Should I Do?
Raped By Family
Raped By 6 Policemen
The children are the priority here
End of Innocence
College Professor
No
The Day Everything Changed
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
Rape
Just Another Night
I Thought He Loved Me
School Prom
Friends Uncle
En Enero de 2010
Family Secrets
My Fight
I “needed” to do this!
Once When I Was 6, Once When...
I can say it now
These Men are More Protected Than We...
He was right
Devil In Disguise
I Thought I Could Trust Him
גבר אלים וחולני
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Multiple Times
Love of My Life?
Did He Rape My Mind Too
Trauma
Second Night of College
April 2015
Ms.
I Blame Myself
So Now What?
Teenage Victim
Confused and Angry
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
My First Boyfriend
I Said No
Dads boss daughter!!!!!!
My Story
I Didn’t Even Know
Rape
Strength to Speak Out
Losing My Virginity
Thank you for being LOUD!
I was raped
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
My posting
Rape in supported accomodation
Two Friends and Two Boys
My Two Rapes
A respectable collegue
Dating & Relatives
It’s A Long Story
They thought it was fun
Was It Rape
I WAS RAPED BY SEVERAL
I wish I would have been smarter
Happy Birthday
Not Alone
Drugged
I Felt So Helpless
Survivor of child molestation and date rape
It Started With Rape
Stronger
I Barely Knew Them
A familiar fight
I Wanted to See the Aquarium
Only I get to make choices for...
All Just Too Much
So drunk I can’t remember
Use and Throw
Liberating Moment
Spoke out and was blamed
my story-and where i “took it”…
Freshman Year
Suffered and Survived
3 years on
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
His life ended tragically, but my pain...
Years later… meeting my rapist again
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
My First Memory
My boyfriend
Too naïve
My story
Broken down car
Attempt to Rape
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Sex doll
Nearly 50 years later
Not Okay
My Ongoing Journey
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
A Beautiful Trap
Out of Control
Never Thought It Would Happen To Me
My Story
Stupid Coward
raped by my own brother
“I should do this more often”
Started With My Father
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
‘Were you drinking?’
I thought he was a friend
3x
An uncle who couldn’t keep his hands...
The Summer of 2013
Naive
I was 5.
I Am Not Brave
It wasn’t my fault
All Just Too Much
Night Out
Date Rape
Abuse Continued
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Step Dad
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Ignored For a Lifetime
Army
More Witness than I Care to Live...
Colored Hair and Diamond Tattoo
Family
Love of My Life?
Rape
Domestic Rape
Amusement Park
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
Last Party
4th of July
Forgotten Memories Submerge
Family members ex husband
לפני 14 שנים
Years later… meeting my rapist again
I still don’t know what happened
I don’t know what to do
יש חיים אחרי אונס
What sent me over the edge
My Mother’s Albatross
I Was Stupid
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Spousal Rape
Scammer
Sexual Abuse
Mi Esposa
My Rape
Was it rape?
First Frat Party
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
De Los 6 a Los 12
Not friends
My story
A Childhood of Sexual Trauma
Don’t Give Up

