#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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Ms.
First Time Sharing
Finally Healing
My secret
Loss of Innocence
He Never Apologized
Deja Vu
Workplace Sexual Harassment
My Boyfriend Raped Me
Losing My Virginity to a Campus Rape
Freshman on Campus
גבר אלים וחולני
The rape apology and my reply
Infatuation
יש חיים אחרי אונס
J’avais 13 ans
You were supposed to be my friend
Child on Child Sexual Abuse
25 years of fear
היי
I Shouldn’t Have Drank
But I Was Drunk
Raped at the Air Force Academy
No Justice
Proud
Why Didn’t You Stop Him?
My Story
The Healing Process
So Many Years to Remember
Raped by ex boyfriend
I Really Want To Forget About It
The summer between 6th and 7th grade
We Stand Together
Raped By Family
He Took My Virginity
Respect
my story
Unhealthy Relationship
My Rape
Spoke out and was blamed
Teatime
Male dancer
I’m a Victor, not a Victim
Virgin Rape
A Journal of a Wayward Child
f*ck you
Raped and Numbed
You’re a Rapist
#IAmBrave and together, #WeAreStrong
I still don’t know what happened
Weak
I was raped by a youtube personality...
Girl Raped By a Girl
Twice a pattern?
Not Okay
Gang Rape
Motel 6 Nightmare
Bringing the Stories to Light
Rape
Simply My Story
Set Up
Rape??
the scary shadows
In Korea
Gang Raped
Sexual Assault
I Never Give Up

You Were Suppose To Protect Me
My Story
Cafeteria Food
I don’t know who I am
These Men are More Protected Than We...
April 19th
The Party
I Hate You
You were supposed to be my friend
First Frat Party
Date rape
Family members ex husband
LOST
I Thought I Was Safe
College Rape
My story growing up with a secret
Raped Husband
“My Rape” at University
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
Holding My Feelings In
Alcohol
The Night My Life Changed
Just Friends
Party Time
I was attacked at 19 years old
Things do get better
Raped at the Air Force Academy
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Healing in progress
De Los 6 a Los 12
Me too.
Raped twice within a few hours
Abused as a Child
The Power of Victimization
My best friends dad
Weathering The Storm
No
Mi Esposa
Forced, De-flowered
What Was It?
My Mother’s Albatross
Thank You
Step Dad
Molested by my brother as a child
Not Over It
Raped Study Abroad in Seoul
Seis Años
I Was Only 7
Was It Rape?
This Is My Story
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Enough Is Enough
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Was I raped?
Drugged
I was 14
The Man Who Never Was
A Lifetime of #MeToo – How Sexual...
A Ruined Life
The same guy
עדיין מציק
Molested
My Story
Night Out
כמוני כמוך
Rape
Never Thought It Would Happen To Me
I Thought He Loved Me
When My Body Wasn’t Mine.
My Parents Didnt Do Anything
Party Time
Raped
It Kills Me
היי לינור
She was never the same…
Life of Trauma
I thought he was a brother
Confused for Too Long
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
13 & Alone
A Victim No Longer
Silence In The Family
The children are the priority here
My Story
We had sex before
Holding It In
I Did NOT Get Justice But I...
Just Words
Summer 2019
Me, Myself & Monsters
Its Got To STOP!
הסיפור שלי…
If your boyfriend does it is is...
Once When I Was 6, Once When...
Never a Victim; Only Myself
A School Trip
He said I wanted it
My story
Need info what do I do
I thought we were friends
Lifetime of Abuse
Help
The Devil You Know
I Never Told Anyone
3 Generations
What Is Success?
Happy Birthday
My Story of a Gang Rape
I don’t know what to do
Party Time
Keep it to myself
Kept From Us
A Journal of a Wayward Child
A Co-Worker
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
so forceful
I am More than a Victim
What Happened?
Dad and Uncle Raped Me
Unethical or illegal?
Spoke out and was blamed
Father Figures
When It’s Personal
Strength to Speak Out
My Boyfriend Raped Me
Twice is too much
Emotional Abuse
Rape !!
A poem about a not so perfect...
Sexual Assault at 11
Believe Her
En Enero de 2010
Ex-Boyfriend
Denial
I Slept Next to Him
Drugged
לא יוצאים מזה…
Three weeks, every day..
Not Alone
I Didn’t Know
Serial Rapist
Few People Know
Older
Sexual Abuse
Stupid Coward
I said no
Manipulation
My Daughter’s Story
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Was it my fault?
Scars That Heal
You Must Acknowledge
Despedida
Rape or Not?
Childhood Abuse
Mi Historia
Rape and Not Believed
Bartender Lies
End of Innocence
I did Not need to know this
Attempted Rape
Rude awakening
Drugged raped and failed by justice
Trauma
Living With Us
Raped and Molested
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
A Story
Used
I Choose Hope

