#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. Womenโs 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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My Rape Story
I want to be better
He Was My Boss
A Letter to My Rapist
I Was Only 7
The Story Of Two Rapes
My story growing up with a secret
My Story
Marital Rape
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
Six months in the making..
ืืื ืืฉื ื ืขืืืืืช ืืงืืืืื
Raped Husband
Shame Destroys
My Rape
Mrs
Multiple Rapes
Never a Victim; Only Myself
Army
En Enero de 2010
Unethical or illegal?
Birthday Rape
A Survivor’s Mindset
I Thought He Loved Me
My Brave Daughter
A Childhood of Sexual Trauma
ืืืจืืืื ืืื ืงืฉื ืืืื
I called him my friend
Ya perdonรฉ pero nunca olvido
Betrayed By My Own Mind
I didn’t think she would do this
Stupid Coward
One Of Many
ืืืจ ืืืื ืืืืื ื
Raped by Him
Family Member
Effort To Survive
Almost A Stranger
Assault at 12 Years by Teacher
If I Were Stronger Then
When will it be enough?
I wanted to get high
I Just Need to Tell Someone
It’s my fault
Raped as a Boy
Third time’s the charm
ืืืจืืืื ืืื ืงืฉื ืืืื
Survivor

Too naรฏve
I “needed” to do this!
The Night I Wished Never Happened!!
Ride from the Concert
Father, Brother, Brother
An Abnormal Reaction
Teatime
My Friend’s House
f*ck you
ืืกืืคืืจ ืฉืื…
He was jealous of my new friend
I just realized this today.
Life of Trauma
incest
Need help
An uncle who couldn’t keep his hands...
Date Rape
5
ืืืจืืื ืืืชื
You Didn’t Break Me
More Witness than I Care to Live...
I was 4 yrs old
Red Flags
Rape Survivor
Why Me?
Grandpa
My Friend’s House
Stranger Rape
Why Me?
Rape
Knowledge is Power
Raped because of who I loved
Smoke Together
Mental Breakdown
I’m Not Easy
I think I was raped
A Letter To The Man Who Stole...
Sexual Abuse
My Step-Parent
Men ruined my life
I was 13
Fraternity gang rape
I am a Survivor
Something I’ve Never Shared
NYD
So drunk I can’t remember
Why: A Poem About My Rape
Silence
My abuse story victim to survivor
Raped by stranger x2
Sexual Assault at 11
Mrs.
There Is Hope For Us
It will get better
Abuse Continued
I guess it was rape
I Thought He Loved Me
I should have STOPPED
Kibbutz
I know when I see a rapist...
Date Rape
A Day My Life Changed Forever
Brothers
Shout Out
Night Out
I Hate You
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
innocent
A letter to the monster
Because of You
Home invasion, wife saved daughter
PART 3: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
It Lead to More Memories
Gray area?
High School
No Stranger
My story of my date rape
Loss of Innocence
My Story
Child Abuse
4 Days Before 16th Birthday
My Fiancรฉ Destroyed Me
Drugged
My Story
Unhealthy Relationship
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
ืืืื ืืจ ืืืงืจื
The Devil You Know
Dad Raped Me
so forceful
Used
5
Sex doll
Sexual Abuse
Nearly 50 years later
His name was Kenneth
Spoke out and was blamed
Sleep Over
Raped in my own bed
Was it my fault?
Raped at the Air Force Academy
Halloween Nightmare
Don’t Give Up

Why Iโm sorry
My Story
Sexual Assault
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Too naรฏve
Un-Silenced
Out For A Walk
Alone No Longer, Brave Till the End
They Laughed
Obsessed Abusive Ex
They Blamed it on the Tequila
Prom Night
LOST
ืื ืืืฆืืื ืืื…
Enough Is Enough
Relationship does not equal consent
ืืฉ ืืืื ืืืจื ืืื ืก
Rape
Scar
Molested by my biological father
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
He knew what he was doing
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Chaos
Years later… meeting my rapist again
My sisters boyfriend abused me
My Two Days of Hell
The Pastor of My Church
Molestation
An Abnormal Reaction
Once Again
The Girl Who Went To College
Ashamed Afraid Angry Grey
ืืคื ื 14 ืฉื ืื
3x
Agressรฉe deux fois, mais toujours debout.
Rape
I Am A Survivor
I’m Disgusted
My Daddy
De Los 6 a Los 12
Childhood Rape
Abusรฉe par un voisin de mes grands...
Halloween Nightmare
My step dad raped me
Mi Historia
New Years Eve
Who Is To Blame?
Raped, Adopted, Raped Again
Messed Up Childhood
5 Years On
incest
Molested
ืืืื ื ืืืื
ืขืืืื ืืฆืืง
Seis Aรฑos
ืืื ืืื ืืจ
Rape Victim / Rapist in Hollywood
What sent me over the edge
That Night
Summer 2019
Charity is it’s own reward
Domestic rape
16 times
Unforgiven
PART 3: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
Childhood Friends
Sexual Abuse and Rape
Believe it or Not, It happened to...
Strength to Speak Out
ืืื
Ended in Rape
My Story
My Beloved Man
Multiple Times
my story
A Fighter? Or The Perfect Mask?
Miss
My Story, My Nightmare
Drunken Rape
Childhood Trauma
Raped in the Air Force
Male dancer
Rape by Boyfriend
So Young
My Coach My Rapist
Sexual Abuse
First Crush
My Best Friend’s Boyfriend
When I Was Three
Metoo
I Said No
Broken Trust
Twice
Help!! What Can I Do?
My Story
Man Raped By Man
My Boss Raped Me
Ms.
Just Me………
Useless tears
Still Carry the Anger
My Snowball Effect
A respectable collegue
Deja Vu
15
Tulane Law
Rape
Raped by my Step Brother
Stranger
Unspoken
ืืืฃืฃืฃืฃ
Holding My Feelings In
Rape Under Intoxication
Running With Bare Feet
Blackout
Workplace Sexual Harassment
When I Was 8 Years Old
Jโavais 13 ans
Together, We Are Brave

