#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.
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40 years
He doesn’t even know he raped me
גבר אלים וחולני
Left Me In Pieces
I Came Home
Married My Rapist
I Didn’t See It In Time
Child Rape
Raped & Kidnapped By An Ex
Raped By 6 Men
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Believe it or Not, It happened to...
My Rape
Creepy Grand Uncle
My best friend raped me
Stronger Every Day
I’m a Victor, not a Victim
Black and Blue
Friend of mines set me up
“It’s not your fault.”
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Summer of ’09
Is It Really Rape?
Raped in Milan
My principal mom raped me
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
My First Boyfriend
Rape & Sexual Assault
My Family My Love
I’m Not Sure
I Was 9
A horror that lasts a lifetime
Raped at 16
ללינור היקרה
The Unforgetable Party
Chiropractor
Raped 14 times in 1 year
Mi Esposa
Why me
Date Rape
Sexually abused by a 11/12 girl
Rape and the Aftermath
I Too Was Raped
I know when I see a rapist...
Two Continents, Two Different Men!
Rape Survivor
Happy Survivor
My Best Friend’s Brother
Molestation
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Literal Hell
Freshman Year
This is MY story
I’m Disgusted
Family of Lies
The Same Effect
More Than a Survivor
Army
Glitter Girl, Gone.
Nearly 50 years later
Once When I Was 6, Once When...
Seis Años
Justice a Joke
Freshman Year
No one owns your story but you
Rape
Two Friends and Two Boys
My Best Friend
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
A Wolf Hidden In Sheeps Clothing
When I Was 11…
Michelle Johnston
Raped and Almost Raped and Harassed
Another Victim
Not Over It
Ritual Sexual Abuse
I Trusted Him
First boyfriend raped me when i was...
Rape
All men are the same
Was it rape if he’s my boyfriend?
In Korea
Small Town, Popular Boyfriend
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
היי לינור
Protecting My Predator
What happened to me doesn’t have to...
My Story
I’m Only Stronger
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Multiple Assaults
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
3x
Multiple Times
Miss
Close of a Brother
Set Up
Male dancer
Nobody Knows
My First Boyfriend
It Happened More Than Once
Dad and Uncle Raped Me
Stranger Danger
f*ck you
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Unethical or illegal?
I Thought I Could Trust Him
my story
Personal Statement – Written January 2017
Too much trauma
לפני 14 שנים
I still don’t know
Grandpa
My husband was molested as a child
Ms.
Army
Domestic rape
School Prom
Stronger Than You Think
This Is My Story
Knowledge is Power
Never Thought It Would Happen To Me
Help
So Much Pain Its Overwhelming
Not friends
He Took My Virginity
Incest
Molested at 3
Rape
Raped At 12 Years Old– Letter to...
House help and cousin
Erase and Rewind
My Story, My Nightmare
Multiple Times
Family Ties
He’s Your Husband, It’s Not Rape
LOST
3 Strikes and No More
More Witness than I Care to Live...
Why you should talk to your daughters...
Years later… meeting my rapist again
Multiple Date Rapes/Sexual Abuse During Teen Years...
It Kills Me
A Survivor’s Mindset
Rape
Holding My Feelings In
Don’t Know What to Call What Happened
Rape By My Husband
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
All Just Too Much
Raped by a work colleague
Did I ask for this?
So Now What?
BC Oilfield Ruined My Life
Only 12
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
When All Hope is Gone
Losing My Virginity to a Campus Rape
Coming forward turned into a nightmare
Males can be victims too
Was it Really Rape
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
My survival story
The Course of Seven Years
Believe Her
Thought He Was A Friend
Sex doll
היי
Ignored For a Lifetime
Just Words
Letter to…
Simply My Story
Despedida
After School
My 18th Birthday
Red Flags
A letter to him
a shattered girl and her dreams restored
Together, We Are Brave

Believe it or Not, It happened to...
I was 11
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Tulane Law
the scary shadows
לא יוצאים מזה…
06.05.2006
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Mrs
Mistaken Identity
Dream Job, Turned Nightmare
עדיין מציק
Sexual Harrassment
My Story of a Gang Rape
4 Years Ago
Worthless
הטרידו אותי
The Statistics that Changed Me
I Was Only 7
Bad Date
A Co-Worker
Never Be the Same Again
I Did NOT Get Justice But I...
Why
Every Way Imaginable
My Ex-husband
One week and three days
I Saved Myself
Had Her Back
The Stepmonster
I loved him
Just a Kid
Being Raped
Was Raped
Hostage
I Was Raped as a Child
Too naïve
You Were Supposed to Be My Protector
I was born for this
Night Out
Sexual Coercion
So drunk I can’t remember
Drunk and taken advantage of
Never Even Knew
After I Was Raped
Feeling Alone
My Step Brother Raped Me
Sexual harassment
My Story
Molestation
A respectable collegue
Workplace Sexual Harassment
My Boyfriend Raped Me
#MeToo 5 years later…
What I Now Feel, Because of Him
I Just Started High School
I Choose Hope

