#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.
Contact us here: producers@BraveMissWorld.com
Watch the Emmy-nominated Brave Miss World on…
Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/80222025
iTunes: http://apple.co/1Og611n
Amazon: http://amzn.com/B0194BJ5MO
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/bravemissworld
4 Days Before 16th Birthday
My Horrific Nightmare
Rape
Despedida
Growth
Don’t Want to Admit It
Male dancer
A Long Healing Process
So drunk I can’t remember
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
Help
Couch Surfing
My Story
He Was a Cop
Family
My story growing up with a secret
Raped by my boyfriend
The thief
He was 28
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
He WAS a friend
Sexual molestation as a child
Childhood Trauma
My First Two Times
Be Aware
אוףףףף
Life Purpose
Raped in the Air Force
Raped because of who I loved
היי לינור
Childhood trauma and overcoming it
Seis Años
I buried the pain
Broken Hearted
A Day My Life Changed Forever
Halloween Nightmare
Touched by a Man I Didn’t Know
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
David and Goliath
Family Rape
Need advice
It’s OK
Unsure
With Love
My First Boyfriend
This Is Me, my fight song
Worst Day Ever
Second Night of College
I Was 16
16 times
Because of You
My Story
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Is There Still Hope
My Boyfriend Raped Me
Feeling Alone
Being Raped
Speaking out for the first time in...
A respectable collegue
Dirty Whore
Powerful
היי
Mi Esposa
Drunken rape
Ex-Boyfriend
Who Is To Blame?
Constant fear
My Friend’s House
‘I have a voice’
Prey
Set Up
Multiple Assaults
He ruined my life
College Student
Finally Accepting I Was Raped
Just Words
Thank you for being LOUD!
Stronger Than You Think
Help…
Anxiety
My Brave Daughter
I didn’t know
I Dated My Rapists
Army
עדיין מציק
Drunk and taken advantage of
Piece
Does “No” mean nothing?
What sent me over the edge
Dads boss daughter!!!!!!
Will I ever get over it.
Naive and Raped at 15
Set Up
Molestation
Raped by my boyfriend
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Stepfather
Thank you
I’m tired of hiding what you did
Drugged and Gang Raped
The First Time
לא יוצאים מזה…
The One I Trusted
I’ve survived sexual abuse
Rape
Senior Year Ended In The First Week
Why Me Over and Over?
40 years
Bad Morning
Thank You
Survivor of COCSA
It is not my fault
Why
An Embarrassing Situation
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Boyfriend Hell
Dirty Whore
All-time low
Date gone wrong
He doesn’t even know he raped me
לפני 14 שנים
sexual assault & abuse
Child sexual abuse
Broken Girl
Erase and Rewind
Alone and Afraid
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
More Than a Survivor
Frozen in fear
Child Rape
Still Can’t Believe It
April 19th
Cafeteria Food
What’s Done Is Done
Aftermath
I Am Finally FREE
En Enero de 2010
Sexual Abuse
Raped by my Step Brother
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Molestation
Memories Are Back
PART 5: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
I Said No
Once, Twice, Three Times A Victim
Say Something
Started With My Father
College Rape
I Am Brave
I’m so sorry
You Were My Friend
3 Strikes and No More
New Years
Ms.
Being Raped
“Me too” On Facebook
My Story
Warning
It is not my fault
Holiday Rape
My Story
BoR Amendment VI – Protecting Rapists in...
Raped Husband
School Bathroom
Braver

