#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 Wanted to See the Aquarium
Not A Trustworthy Man
Innocence Taken
Rape
גבר אלים וחולני
Years later… meeting my rapist again
#MeToo I am 1
My Mother was raped and told me...
A Meek Young Girl
He bought me chips and sent me...
My deaf husband sued the Vatican
A Child
An older, popular boy
Cafeteria Food
His Charming Ways
My experience as an intern in highschool
Manipulation
My principal mom raped me
My Cousin
I Too Was Raped
He Took My Virginity
#MeToo 5 years later…
הטרידו אותי
Restoring Innocence
Mi Historia
Innocent Faith
Are you sure?
Running
Emotional Abuse
Was It My Fault?
אוףףףף
Stronger
Was it rape? Or my fault?
The Hole in My Heart
Just Words
I don’t know who I am
Raped Twice and Attempted Rape Once No...
Someone You Know
My Story
College Campus Rape
Rape
Sexual Assault
Weak
Stranger Rape
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
I Really Want To Forget About It
#metoo
Coercion is never consent
Different face, but the same monster
Michelle Johnston
Childhood trauma and overcoming it
Date Raped When I Was 15
Incest
Feeling Alone
I didn’t even know what was happening
Tulane Law
My year abroad
Assault, Battery, and Rape
Rude awakening
Childhood Abuse
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
I Am Still Standing
Hated Myself
The Stepmonster
Motel 6 Nightmare
My Rape Stories
First Time Sharing
Friend of my Husband
Sexual Abuse
Child Molester
Rape Survivor
לא יוצאים מזה…
Date Rape
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
Don’t Know What to Call What Happened
I Was Only 7
The First Time
The Boys Club Continues
Mrs.
13 & Alone
A Guy With Crooked Teeth
A Journal of a Wayward Child
A Story
Rape Is Everywhere
I Thought I Knew Him
“No” is Universal
Twice a pattern?
Every Time I Said “No”
Parental Incest Is Rape
Locked Up
Politeness Serves No One
Ms.
Assault?
My story of my date rape
I Trusted Him
I Don’t Trust My Father
Respect
I Said No
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Camilla’s Story
My Story
הסיפור שלי…
I’m Only Stronger
My survival story
My Rape
Why Me?
Charity is it’s own reward
From Heaven to Hell
So Many Years to Remember
Ashamed
My mom’s boyfriend assaulted me and my...
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
The Touches I Felt
No More Silence
Metoo
Raped at the Air Force Academy
Anxiety
University Bar
When Does It End
Rape
So Many Years to Remember
Scar
I called him my friend
Why me
Rape
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
It was my ex boyfriend
Stockholm
He WAS a friend
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Sex doll
A Ruined Life
Masked Boyfriend
My Brother
I don’t know what happened
I know when I see a rapist...
The secret
3 incidents
Did He Rape My Mind Too
Just Wanted to Escape
No Wasn’t Good Enough
Love of My Life?
לפני 14 שנים
Blindsided
Raped in the Air Force
Being Done
My Brothers Two Best Friends
I Blame Myself
Spousal Rape
Once Again
Exploitation Was My Lifestyle
An Orphanage
Touched
I Am Beautiful Now
Help
My Strength
My story growing up with a secret
Still Think It Was My Fault
It’s still happening
Speaking Up
Shelter My Soul
A Journal of a Wayward Child
Does the pain ever go away?
He was a trusted friend, until he...
Raped at age 9 & 15
My Brave Daughter
PART 1: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
My 21st Birthday
Christmas Horror
Rape
Ketamine Rape
Father Figures
Betrayed
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
Trapped
His Masterpiece
Too naïve
This is MY story
Seis Años
75 Percent Humidity
There are a lot of assholes on...
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
I got away
Quiet for 2 years
Swept under the carpet
Ready to Share
SA in school
I Came Home
היי לינור
Close of a Brother
23 year old virgin
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
I blamed myself for so long
My Step Brother
My Horrific Nightmare
06.05.2006
Disappointed
That “man”
Blaming Myself
It had to be my fault.
Years later… meeting my rapist again
Gang Rape
Lotus
My Brother, My Rapist
End of Innocence
De Los 6 a Los 12
Warning
Erase and Rewind
incest
To my best friend who raped me
Domestic Rape
When My Body Wasn’t Mine.
A Lifetime of #MeToo – How Sexual...
Someone Close to You
Myself
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Male dancer
En Enero de 2010
Rape
Fear Became a Part of My Life
Seis Años
Had Her Back
Overcome It
#IAmBrave and together, #WeAreStrong
Mi Esposa
Do NOT Trust Strangers
Spoke out and was blamed
In Denial of My Rape
Daddy?
Was it my fault
I still see him on campus
The Cliche
Unethical or illegal?
Convincing Myself
Rape
Ended in Rape
Ruined
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
The Statistics that Changed Me
Drugged and Gang Raped
These Men are More Protected Than We...
#MeToo I am 1
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Abuse Continued
I Trusted Him
Why you should talk to your daughters...
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Raped By a Friend
My step dad raped me
The Man Who Never Was
Black and Blue
A Cruel Time To Prevail
Survivor
