#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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Something I’ve Never Shared
It’s just not fair
PART 5: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
Help
Are you sure?
En Enero de 2010
My principal mom raped me
How Many Times?
Happy Birthday
Multiple Times
A Nightmare
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
My Story
My story!
More Than a Survivor
Bringing the Stories to Light
I Was Raped as a Child
Too naïve
Over 40 years Ago
I Wanted to See the Aquarium
Abused at the Age of 4
Betrayed By a Loved One
I Thought He Loved Me
A Victim No Longer
Still Can’t Believe It
I Trusted Him
Rape By My Husband
Bad Programming
My brother let him in
One Day At a Time
Not my fault
Raped After School
My Story
I was 11
New Years Eve Party
Six months in the making..
11 Years to Justice
Do I even belong here?
High School Orientation
Nothing important…
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
I was raped by a cop
Raped in the Air Force
It Happened More Than Once
Years later… meeting my rapist again
More Than Half of My Life Ago
What Is Success?
Out For A Walk
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Personal Statement – Written January 2017
Unethical or illegal?
Mrs
My Younger Sister
my story
My Daughter’s Rape
My sisters boyfriend abused me
To the man who stole my independence
But what really happened?
My Best Friend’s Boyfriend
היי
Breaking the Trust
הסיפור שלי…
My Last Party
Assault?
This is MY story
My Modeling Experience
3 Times is Not Charming
My principal mom raped me
Summer 2019
Date Rape?
I don’t know if it’s rape
I wish I remembered
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Constant fear
Confused for Too Long
Raped twice within a few hours
Male dancer
I was just 9.
Asking for advice
עדיין מציק
First Friend at University
Spoke out and was blamed
First Love to Long Term Abuse
Your truth will change someones’ life.
I wish I would have been smarter
High School Orientation
I Am Victorious!
Never Thought It Would Happen To Me
I am More than a Victim
I didn’t wish it to happen
Rape by Boyfriend
MS13
7th Grade Assault
My Step Brother Raped Me
Raped 14 times in 1 year
Not Really Family
I can’t keep quiet anymore
Despedida
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
I Saved Myself
Kidnapped and Raped
Memories
Football Player
So drunk I can’t remember
My First Assault
What’s Done Is Done
My Rape
My case is different from yours
A young mother
A Message from the Director
Still Think It Was My Fault
I’m Not Sure
Childhood Trauma
High School Rape
Family of Lies
Memory or a dream?
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Story of My Life
Sexual Assault
Stalker
Rape
Drugged
לפני 14 שנים
Fenced In
Someone so close to me
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Does “No” mean nothing?
Seis Años
My Best Friend
Molested by my brother as a child
I Hate My Father
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
Doesnt Think He’s a Rapist
I Repressed Everything… Until Now
Years later… meeting my rapist again
I Remember Being Happy
My survival story
Stolen Innocence
Remember as a victim you have done...
I don’t know if I was raped
Shame
Was it my fault?
Broken down car
With Love
Army
You Didn’t Break Me
Almost Raped
I was 5.
5 Years On
What Happened?
Raped by my step father
Small Town, Popular Boyfriend
I like to think I won’t feel...
Six months in the making..
Six Years of Denial
Scared and Confused
Deja Vu
A Lifetime of Trauma
He used me. He left me.
i was a child.
More Witness than I Care to Live...
I Was Only 7
My Story
In Front of My Girls
Awareness Among Teenage Boys
Charity is it’s own reward
Raped at 16
My Multiple-Offender Rape
Doesnt Think He’s a Rapist
If this hadn’t happened to me
Prisoner of Love
Broken Girl
Mi Esposa
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
What Is Happening
Fenced In
I thought you loved me
The reason for my tattoo
It was never…..That
Online Dangers
Sexual Assault
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Raped by boyfriend
Still Terrified
Doesn’t Ever Really Go Away…
I wanted to get high
Online Dangers
Raped in Foster care
היי לינור
I Was Manipulated
Obsessed Abusive Ex
I still see him on campus
Left Me In Pieces
Raped When I Was 12
I Shouldn’t Have Drank
Raped
ללינור היקרה
The Statistics that Changed Me
Living With Us
Two Friends and Two Boys
Blamed Myself
My Story, My Nightmare
De Los 6 a Los 12
Myself
Never Even Knew
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Erase and Rewind
25 years of fear
I Still Blame Myself
It was not my fault
Teatime
Just Words
Former partner would berate me
My story growing up with a secret
Victim of sexual assault
You Were My Friend
Drunken Rape
my rape
Drugged
Bus Ride Of Missing Hope
J’avais 13 ans
Raped at 17
I loved him
Another Victim
My teacher and my step-brother
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Two times. One year.
The Night I Wished Never Happened!!
A Journal of a Wayward Child
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
Piece
Drunk and taken advantage of
Sexual Assault
We go to the same church
College Campus Rape
First Frat Party
This Is My Story
He had my pants down
Happy Survivor
Kidnapped
Unhealthy Relationship
Surviving Sexual Abuse: A Childhood Story
Date Rape
Years later… meeting my rapist again
Older
Raped Husband
Twice
Assault at 12 Years by Teacher
The summer between 6th and 7th grade
Sex doll
Mi Historia
Fraternity gang rape
Raped by my Stepfather
Was It My Fault?
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Innocence
Childhood abuse and acquaintance rape
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Why Me Over and Over?
Stop
Trapped with memories
Ashamed
He ruined my life
“Me too” On Facebook
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
A night gone wrong
Multiple Times
Breaking the Silence
