#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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silent rape
Your truth will change someones’ life.
Shame
Drugged
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
I don’t Know, but I Know
En Enero de 2010
My Daughter’s Rape
Family members ex husband
My step dad raped me
I Can Barely Remember
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
I Said No
My Friend’s House
Childhood Horror
Date Rape
When All Hope is Gone
Is There Still Hope
Damaged goods
Don’t Belive Your Cousins
Rape
You were supposed to be my friend
I’m Only Stronger
My Best Friend
Being Raped
Rape Being Considered a “Joke”
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Couldnt Damage My Spirit
my toxic relationship
Dear Coward
Lotus
הסיפור שלי…
University Bar
Proof, but no Witnesses
It Was My Fault
My story growing up with a secret
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
Mental Breakdown
My Story
Used
I was only 11
My abuse story victim to survivor
I was 8 years old
One Night Only
Circumstances Collided That Night
Date rape
When My Body Wasn’t Mine.
my story
The First Time
Miss
Ms.
Nearly 50 years later
It Was the Second
יש חיים אחרי אונס
He had my pants down
Me too.
Is love assault?
Sexual abuse
Sexual Assault
I didn’t realise until now
Groomed
Trusted Friend
My Tramatic Experience
Just Words
Was it my fault?
I Barely Knew Them
Smoke Together
Just wanted to be loved
I Trusted Him
היי
Rape By Unknown
I Was Just a Dancer
Betrayal
Rape Shaming
I should’ve tried harder to stop it
Freshman on Campus
Cruel Kids
I thought he was a friend
STRONG
my rape
Rape
Second Date
גבר אלים וחולני
Family Member
My Story
Myself
He took it as yes
Spoke out and was blamed
Frozen in fear
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Multiple Assaults
Summer 2019
A Private College; A Private Rape
I Thought I was Safe
Sexually assulted by coworker
People don’t think your spouse can rape...
Drunken rape
Was It Me?
Rape
Suffered and Survived
Never Wanted to Believe
Too Scared to Share With My Family
Hard Time
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
So Now What?
Rape
I Was 19
Sexual Abuse
I was raped by an ex boyfriend
Do NOT Trust Strangers
היי לינור
Bringing the Stories to Light
Party Time
Gang rape
I know when I see a rapist...
I don’t Know, but I Know
A Loss to Mankind
I Was Manipulated
Tormented
We met at the bar
Glitter Girl, Gone.
It’s Your Fault
Attempted rape
1 in 5
New Years Eve Party
Is Healing Possible?
More Witness than I Care to Live...
Sex doll
Rape
Unethical or illegal?
Too good to be true
I was raped
Case Closed
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
35 Years Ago
Weak
J’avais 13 ans
I “needed” to do this!
@ years of rape and being drugged
I Was Only 7
Two Friends and Two Boys
Not normal
Raped and Molested
Spring Break Nightmare
My experience as an intern in highschool
The Elevator Man
Denial
Rape
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Freshman Year
Was It Rape?
הטרידו אותי
It’s my fault
Unlucky
Male dancer
The reason for my tattoo
Red Flags
Why does this keep happening to me?
To this day I still feel sick…
My step dad raped me
Too naïve
Raped by stranger x2
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Sexual Assault
My story growing up with a secret
I still feel like it’s my fault
Thank You
Someone so close to me
My Tramatic Experience
Blamed Myself
Party Time
Took Me, Took my Wedding
Why I Hate My Family
Perfect on Paper
I Remember How It Felt
I was raped
My Fiancé Destroyed Me
First Rape
When I Was 7
Broken Trust
Different face, but the same monster
My “Father”
Survivor
