#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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A young mother
2 Years Ago
Was It Real or Not
Football Player
Childhood rape
Raped by my boyfriend
Rape is Real
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Powerful
Its Got To STOP!
Mi Historia
Abuse Continued
Childhood trauma and overcoming it
Kidnapped and raped at gunpoint
A poem about a not so perfect...
He Was a Friend
Taking Back My Life
Blamed myself …
Stepfather
Touched
Second Night of College
Betrayed By My Own Mind
Weathering The Storm
First Crush
With Love
Childhood
lucky
Grandpa
My abuse story victim to survivor
Hidden Emotions
I Don’t Even Know His Name
Raped and Molested
Still Can’t Believe It
College Student
Raped By a Female
Started At 12…
The Time I Was Raped
Spoke out and was blamed
Loss of Trust
Date Raped
It was
Your truth will change someones’ life.
Raped at the Air Force Academy
Sexually assulted by coworker
כמוני כמוך
A Night I Can’t Remember
Army
The Night That Changed My World
Scar
What sent me over the edge
Still Unable to Tell People
College Campus Rape
I didn’t say no
Love and Forced abortion
Christmas Horror
Believe Her
Never Even Knew
I Had No Idea…
That’s not what friend means
Dating & Relatives
Six Years of Denial
Kibbutz
My Interview
I Was Manipulated
My Father Molested Me for 10 Years
Abuse and Rape
First Frat Party
I Hate My Father
My Family My Love
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
Freshman on Campus
Ms.
My rape story
The Girl Who Went To College
To the man who stole my independence
Military Brother in Arms
Never a Victim; Only Myself
Raped by My Ex
Roommates
All Just Too Much
Looking for a lawyer & advocate
First Love to Long Term Abuse
Losing my virginity
Pain
Scared to close my eyes
Never Again
Ride from the Concert
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Halloween 2014
15
was raped and I don’t remember it
I don’t know who I am
Raped in the Air Force
Short Story
At 13
Dee Bhagwanji
Childhood Friend
I Thought I was Safe
I Thought I Knew Him
my story
Doctor Nightmares
Warning
Workplace Sexual Harassment
I Don’t Trust My Father
Ex-Boyfriend
ללינור היקרה
I Will Never Forget
So drunk I can’t remember
Leaving the party
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Happy Birthday
My Secret
I Was 19
Sexual Abuse
My Brother, My Rapist
i was a child.
Stepfather
A respectable collegue
Pastor’s Son
She was never the same…
Twenty Years of Hell
An Unknown Face & Hands
My Brother’s Best Friend
My Step Brother Raped Me
My 18th Birthday
Rape or Not?
Home invasion, wife saved daughter
Male dancer
הטרידו אותי
My Innocence Was Taken Away
Gang Rape
Just Words
Myself
Molested
Too naïve
My story growing up with a secret
I Too Was Raped
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Seis Años
אוףףףף
This is MY story
How Could It Have Happened
NO MORE TEARS TO CRY
Black and Blue
Football Player
It Happened To Me
Last Party
The Reason I Feel Alone
My Husband Set Me Up!
Lost Trust In Men For The Longest...
The Summer of 2013
Twice
Lost In Time
I was raped and I didnt know...
The Cliche
Manhandling to Rape
What’s Done Is Done
New Years
Anywhere I Go
Raped by my ex-boyfriend
Gang Rape
PART 5: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
Breaking the Silence
