#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 thought I trusted them
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
My Fault or His
I regret not telling
High School Orientation
הטרידו אותי
Scared and Confused
Rape Shaming
The Day I Was Raped
Raped
3 incidents
Still Unable to Tell People
Black and Blue
Rape
School Rape
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Wedding Horror Story
CPS Let My Rapist Walk Free
14 Years, He Was Like A Brother
Married to my Rapist
I Don’t Know My Story
So drunk I can’t remember
What I Now Feel, Because of Him
Becoming a Warrior
was raped and I don’t remember it
Black Girl
What am I doing wrong
Don’t Want to Anymore
Seis Años
The Hole in My Heart
So Long Ago But Still With Me
Extremely Terrified
Date Rape
Raped by a so called friend
Raped and Never Forgotten
I don’t know anymore
I was raped
Molested By My Step Brother
Beyond a story
Teatime
My Friend
I Am Not Brave
Rape
Summer 2019
my story
My Two Days of Hell
Raped Husband
Rude awakening
From Grief to Trauma
In NYC
I Trusted Him
Raped in my Hostel
Myself
Say Something
My story growing up with a secret
Naive
College Student
Cafeteria Food
Young and Innocent
I am a different me
sexual assault & abuse
Too naïve
#MeToo I am 1
When I Was 7
I know when I see a rapist...
He Loved Me
Sexual abuse
Incest & Date Rape
ללינור היקרה
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
5
Raped By 6 Policemen
It’s Been 10 Years
Just Friends
Off My Shoulders
Let’s Fight Back With Love
Prom Night
I am not a rape victim
לא יוצאים מזה…
My Story
Never Again
4 short stories of sexual aggresion
Bad Programming
Diana Oakley’s Story
I don’t Know, but I Know
I Was Only 7
My Story
Molested By My Step Brother
My Husband Was My Attacker
A Letter To The Man Who Stole...
My experience as an intern in highschool
I was attacked at 19 years old
I should have STOPPED
Aftermath
First Time
Males can be victims too
Too Many Times
I don’t Know, but I Know
my story-and where i “took it”…
She was 5 years old
Was it rape?
Friend of mines set me up
I Thought He Loved Me
Nirbhaya “ fearless”: Justice for the Brutal...
Date Rape
היי
Set Up
En Enero de 2010
You were supposed to be my friend
College Professor
Impacted Forever
Bad Decisions
Tel Aviv
We met at the bar
I Thought I was Safe
Finding My Voice
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
My Last Party
I am a survivor
Rape
Kibbutz
Rape
Forced, De-flowered
Just Words
Abuse of Men and By My Mother
I should’ve tried harder to stop it
Afraid
Get a bf or I’ll kick you...
repeatedly
Life After Death
Sexually assaulted at 4
A young mother
I was used. I got left. I...
Molested, Tortured, Rape, Survivor
Despedida
Survivor of COCSA
היי
Date Rape Drug
I should’ve tried harder to stop it
We met at the bar
Sex doll
I Was Only 14
He raped me. I hugged him goodbye...
My step dad raped me
MY Inspirational Story
Friend of mines set me up
Day at the Lake
My Story
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Taken advantage of
Finding Me
I Was 3 Years Old
Second Date
Not Alone
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
He Was a Family Friend
I called him my friend
I didn’t say no
My sisters boyfriend abused me
Happy Birthday
My story!
Brother in Law
I was sexually assaulted
Stuck
My Rape
Sharing #MeToo’s
Me too…
4 Years Ago
“My Rape” at University
Confused by Rape
Sally
Sexual Abuse
An Orphanage
Shame
No Support
These Men are More Protected Than We...
My 18th Birthday
was i raped?
Michael B. raped me
I Repressed Everything… Until Now
Date Raped When I Was 15
Read This Please
Finally Sharing
הסיפור שלי…
16 times
Sharing again
My Story
My Brother
Spoke out and was blamed
Over 40 years Ago
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Gang Raped
My Story
Being Done
Erase and Rewind
Second Night of College
Who is Responsible?
Mi Esposa
I Was 19
2 Years Ago
Close of a Brother
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
My boyfriend of 2 years
3x
Doesnt Think He’s a Rapist
What Happened?
Sexual Coercion
Once? Twice? Five Times?
I Don’t Even Know
I Never Give Up

