#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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Mistaken Identity
Beyond a story
Ms.
How My Life Has Changed
God Saved Me
עדיין מציק
Be Careful Who U Trust
Worst Day Ever
Rape Shaming
With Love
I Didn’t Want to Do It
Was It Really Rape?
My Own Sister
Raped by my Step Brother
Love of My Life?
Holding It In
Me and my Best Friend
To the man who stole my independence
Rape Survivor
I Was Only a Child
Summer 2019
Lasting Effects
The Night That Changed My Life
I thought we were friends
Locked Up
Childhood of assault
Dad Raped Me
75 Percent Humidity
My Daughter
Convincing Myself
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
Stupid Coward
I know when I see a rapist...
This will be painful
Raped in my own bed
Six months in the making..
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
Holding It In
I Didn’t See It In Time
Date Rape
The pain that was never mine to...
כמוני כמוך
This is MY story
Cafeteria Food
Just Words
Speaking Up for Women
my grandmas friend’s son raped me
Set Up
I was just 9.
Drunken Rape
How it makes me feel 5 years...
6 to 20
dad and mom rape
When I Was 7
יש חיים אחרי אונס
My Husband Was My Attacker
One in Four
Twice
A Story
I thought you loved me
Coming forward turned into a nightmare
Once When I Was 6, Once When...
It Was the Second
My Coach My Rapist
Losing my virginity
היי לינור
#MeToo, too
My Fiancé Destroyed Me
I Am More Than It
I Recorded my Rapist
The abuser
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
You Were My Friend
Remember as a victim you have done...
Dear Coward
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Two Friends and Two Boys
I’m Disgusted
He was right
raped by my own brother
My best friends dad
My message to all
Speak Up
Sexual Abuse
Proof, but no Witnesses
Restoring Innocence
A Journal of a Wayward Child
הסיפור שלי…
Not all friends are true
Aftermath
He had my pants down
My Brothers Two Best Friends
Naive College Freshman
Raped in College
Going to be His Girlfriend
Raped and Numbed
Why?
I now know
The Hole in My Heart
Sexual Abuse and Rape
Domestic rape
Today, I Let It All Go
Raped in the Air Force
Being weak or stupid
Despedida
Hollywood’s Lost Angels
Rape
Drugged
A young mother
Date Rape
Nothing important…
Younger me
Was led by the quarterback
My Story of Rape
He had my pants down
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
2 Years Ago
My Snowball Effect
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Warning
I Too Was Raped
My Ex-husband
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
I Was Only 7
A Meek Young Girl
Rape Victim
I was 13
I Barely Knew Them
I Am A Survivor
Undertones Throughout My Life
I Thought I Was Safe
My Strength
Gang Raped
My 11 Year Old Selfs Story
אוףףףף
My Snowball Effect
First Frat Party
Older
You were supposed to be my friend
Childhood rape
The Statistics that Changed Me
Men ruined my life
My Last Party
Losing Myself
Breaking the Silence
I said no
Empty
Assault, Battery, and Rape
I Was Just a Dancer
They thought it was fun
Family rape
I’m so sorry
blackmailed
Hurt and Anger
Piece
I WAS RAPED BY SEVERAL
Date gone wrong
A family assault
Life of Trauma
Stop
I’m Still Here… Wish For Peace
Male dancer
Seis Años
So Alone
With Love
Spoke out and was blamed
Three Times in a Row
Shame
Careful What You Wish For
Rude awakening
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
Embrace It All
There Is Hope For Us
Men ruined my life
A Year After
Almost A Stranger
A person to trust became my worst...
Ketamine Rape
The Devil You Know
My rapist sent me a friend request...
My story growing up with a secret
Never Even Knew
In Denial of My Rape
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Almost Raped
My Story
He Was a Cop
Domestic rape
Rape
My First Time
Salted Wound
The thief
Just little girls
Why Me?
My Snowball Effect
I Am a Survivor…
Raped Multiple Times
I was sexually assaulted
Erase and Rewind
Molested By My Uncle
That wasn’t too bad now was it?
Working Through It
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Incest
Mi Esposa
Myself
Warrior
I’m the Slut. I Must’ve Wanted It.
Doctor Nightmares
Quarterly Review
It Was My Fault
Doesnt Think He’s a Rapist
Military Brother in Arms
Roommates
When will it be enough?
Daycare friend
Afraid of Being Judged
Miss
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
Raped in my Hostel
High School Rape
Together, We Are Brave



