#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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Innocence Taken
More Than a Survivor
James
Feeling weak
I was raped and I didnt know...
What To Do IF You’re Not Raped...
De Los 6 a Los 12
How Many Times?
Army
Raped at 17
I Was Only 7
Sexual Abuse
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
לפני 14 שנים
Start of grooming at 15
Hostage
Six months in the making..
הטרידו אותי
My Friend’s House
Just wanted to be loved
Dad Raped Me
The Statistics that Changed Me
Can’t Even Take My Medicine
Multiple Times
My story
It Happened More Than Once
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
He was jealous of my new friend
Sex doll
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
My childhood was living hell
My Rapists I Grew Up With
My Secret
Night Out
Leaving the party
We Stand Together
Boyfriend Hell
Unethical or illegal?
Too naïve
We Stand Together
Stockholm
My Sister, My Best Friend & Me
I Barely Knew Them
I said no
Assaulted
En Enero de 2010
Asking for advice
My Interview
Infatuation
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Rape
Speaking Up for Women
Need Support
Not normal
Rape
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
There once was love
It wasn’t my fault
גבר אלים וחולני
Started As a Child
One Day At a Time
My case is different from yours
The First Time
Multiple Times
Sex doll
Naive and Vulnerable
NO MORE TEARS TO CRY
Cousin Rape
You Can’t Trust Anyone
My Rape Story
Raped by My Ex
My Journey (sexual abuse)
Spoke out and was blamed
My Rape
Rape
Life After Death
Stronger Every Day
Sexual Assault
My Rape Stories
Online dating
It was just a friend date
לפני 14 שנים
My Daughter
My Rape Stories
Shattered Childhood
Ended in Rape
Be Strong
Bringing the Stories to Light
Michael B. raped me
First Frat Party
Love and Forced abortion
Lost Dignity
Male dancer
Still Going
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
I was raped by an ex boyfriend
Relationship does not equal consent
Life of Trauma
The Hole in My Heart
Halloween Nightmare
Pastor’s Son
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
Enough Is Enough
More Than Half of My Life Ago
Multiple Sexual Assaults
I Lost My Virginity
Parental Incest Is Rape
I need some advice
…
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Men get raped too…
Gang Rape
Family Secrets
Stop
Rape
Rape
You Were Supposed to Be My Protector
Once Again
לא יוצאים מזה…
So drunk I can’t remember
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
היי לינור
Overcome It
The Trauma That Made Me
Shitty nights
Disappointed
Night Out
Abuse Continued
The Boys Club Continues
Raped By 6 Policemen
Getting Away
Scared
You Can’t Trust Anyone
Raped by a US Marine when I...
I don’t know what to think
Story of My Life
About Being Raped
Personal Statement – Written January 2017
The Setup
Broken Hearted
Deja Vu
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
Two times. One year.
Becoming Whole
Drugged
The Night That Changed My World
I Don’t Trust My Father
Unknown Abuse by Biological Father
Raped After School
Being weak or stupid
The Summer of 2013
A Picture
Domestic rape
Dating For 10 Months When…
The Man in Uniform
Was it Really Rape
Blamed myself …
When tears and no aren’t the answer
I Saved Myself
Lasting memories
You are going to show me how...
I “needed” to do this!
Drugged
7 Months
5 Years On
The pain that was never mine to...
Still searching for any type of answer....
Afraid of Being Judged
Aftermath
Sexual Abuse
Alcohol
Just Words
Not friends
Myself
Mistaken Identity
Dear Coward
Childhood Rape
A Cruel Time To Prevail
Tormented
I Pretend Like I Don’t Remember…But I...
A Meek Young Girl
23 year old virgin
Continue to Survive
He WAS a friend
How Could It Have Happened
Summer 2019
So Many Times
Christianity teaches men to treat women like...
Growing Past Just Surviving
My Daughter
Piano Teacher
So Many Times
Rape Survivor
כמוני כמוך
Why you should talk to your daughters...
Alone No Longer, Brave Till the End
A Journal of a Wayward Child
Scar
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Roommates
Assault?
My Childhood
Sexual Assault
Didn’t Know I Had Been Raped
My story growing up with a secret
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
Raped and Numbed
It Started with my Brother
My experience as an intern in highschool
Restoring Innocence
I wish she wouldve helped me
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Erase and Rewind
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
I Hate You
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
היי
I didn’t even know what was happening
My Relationship With Dad
Mi Historia
You were supposed to be my friend
@ years of rape and being drugged
Drugged
The reason for my tattoo
No one helped me !!!
I didn’t realise until now
Blaming Myself
So Now What?
Healing
I am a survivor
No Wasn’t Good Enough
My Horrific Nightmare
Do you remember your first time?
Why Me?
I don’t know anymore
A respectable collegue
Off My Shoulders
Neighbor
was i raped?
I know when I see a rapist...
Brother & Sister
I was raped and I didnt know...
Drugged
37 Years Ago
He was jealous of my new friend
Husband raped? Well people don’t call it...
#MeToo I am 1
I was raped for 3 years
Lost Dignity
Seeing My Rapist Everday
Freshman on Campus
My step dad raped me
Rock It!

