#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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3 years later i still wonder if...
Raped at 17
ptsd
My Cousin
My Innocence Was Taken Away
Workplace Sexual Harassment
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Breaking the Trust
Lessons I’m Learning Late in Life
I was raped by my step dad
It was my ex boyfriend
Speaking Up
My best friend
Fenced In
The Devil You Know
I got away
En Enero de 2010
Breaking The Silence
Lost Soul
I Am a Survivor…
5 Years On
יש חיים אחרי אונס
I loved my job
“raped” by my long time bf
The Night That Changed Me
The Scapegoat of Shame an Guilt
I Was Only 7
Too naïve
Raped By A Registered Sex Offender
Alcohol
You Can’t Trust Anyone
2 Years Ago
An Abnormal Reaction
Co-worker
Drugged
Rape
One Bad Decision
Christianity teaches men to treat women like...
My Story
Neighbors
Domestic rape
My First Time
Happy Birthday
Incapacitated Still
Still Unable to Tell People
Rape Victim / Rapist in Hollywood
Not normal
Halloween Nightmare
גבר אלים וחולני
The Man Who Never Was
Why didn’t I do anything?
Restoring Innocence
When I Was 11…
I am More than a Victim
Supporting Sisters
Fraternity gang rape
Rapist Turned Murderer
In Denial of My Rape
How Could It Have Happened
Breaking the Trust
Male dancer
An Abnormal Reaction
My 21st Birthday
Raped in the Air Force
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Raped at the Air Force Academy
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
An Unknown Face & Hands
The Touches I Felt
He said he’d never do it again
Darkness With Friends
Liar, Liar
Kibbutz
Stranger
Raped, Adopted, Raped Again
Will I ever get over it.
A Loss to Mankind
The Summer of 2013
When I Was 8 Years Old
What Happened?
I Didn’t Want to Do It
Need help
Perfect on Paper
Unhealthy Relationship
עדיין מציק
5th Grade
Rape
Still Can’t Believe It
The Friendship I Always Never Wanted
After I Was Raped
Travelling
Multiple Times
I don’t know if it’s rape
I am a Survivor
My Modeling Experience
Nightmare
Raped by a so called friend
They thought it was fun
Just Words
Not Safe in Your Own Family
First Love to Long Term Abuse
I called him my friend
3 incidents
Lied to left brain damged
Enough Is Enough
Bleeding Through My Tears
לא יוצאים מזה…
Drugged raped and failed by justice
Unethical or illegal?
Finally Sharing
Rape
Broken Girl
I Didn’t Know I Was Raped
I still don’t know what happened
Few People Know
Seeing My Rapist Everday
היי לינור
Don’t Be Me
Raped by my boyfriend
Myself
Erase and Rewind
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
עדיין מציק
My message to all
Cafeteria Food
Rape
לפני 14 שנים
Sexual Assault
High School
I was a child
So drunk I can’t remember
Once When I Was 6, Once When...
was raped and I don’t remember it
Third time’s the charm
I Was Prepared
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Assault?
In-Between Times
Scared to close my eyes
Unknown Abuse by Biological Father
In Korea
Rape & Sexual Assault
Sexually Assaulted Or Not?
Kibbutz
When Will This Nightmare End
My Rape Story
Remember as a victim you have done...
Rape or Not?
Seis Años
A Lifetime of #MeToo – How Sexual...
I Was Dating Him
“Me too” On Facebook
I still see him on campus
High School Orientation
Rape
Scars
No Wasn’t Good Enough
my story
De Los 6 a Los 12
My First Two Times
One Day At a Time
Un-Silenced
Tormented
Ms.
Ritual Sexual Abuse
April 2015
Empty
Just Wanted to Escape
my toxic relationship
Monster dad
More Than Once
So Now What?
Raped by my Stepfather
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
The Night My Life Changed
Daycare Teacher
I didn’t say no
15
dad and mom rape
Sexual Assault
A respectable collegue
The Statistics that Changed Me
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
I thought we were friends
Forced to Have Sex with My Boyfriend
No Comfort
Stress
he made me loose hope in love…
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Dear Convicted Sex Offender (Finally)
Do I even belong here?
Believe it or Not, It happened to...
My Journey (sexual abuse)
I was raped
University Bar
Not A Trustworthy Man
I never knew he was Satan
My Sexual Assault Story
“Me too” On Facebook
Your truth will change someones’ life.
Freshman on Campus
Love and Forced abortion
הסיפור שלי…
My Own Brother
Rape
It just happened
Scar
I Barely Knew Them
Still Lost :/
An Embarrassing Situation
Unknown
Married My Rapist
My Life
אוףףףף
Raped After Work
Smoke Together
Sexual harassment
Army
ללינור היקרה
Start of grooming at 15
Was i raped?!
3rd Grade Boys
Two Friends and Two Boys
I Never Give Up

