#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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My Mother Was Raped
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Endless Shame
My Multiple-Offender Rape
Today, I Let It All Go
Sexual Coercion
Life of Trauma
היי לינור
Lying Child Molester
An Orphanage
Raped, Adopted, Raped Again
A person to trust became my worst...
My Step-Parent
Me too.
Raped At 12 Years Old– Letter to...
Football Player
Teatime
Catching Up With Me
גבר אלים וחולני
Infatuation
My Own Street
My neighbor and his friends
Who Is To Blame?
My husband raped me when I took...
Manhandling to Rape
Memories Are Back
Feeling Alone
Rape
Infatuation
עדיין מציק
#IStandWithHer
Close of a Brother
So Much Pain Its Overwhelming
Mi Historia
Myself
To the man who stole my independence
Cafeteria Food
Rape Being Considered a “Joke”
Child Rape
לא יוצאים מזה…
Aftermath
An Intruder
Sexist Families Leave Girls Vulnerable to Rape
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
It wasn’t your fault
College Professor
I thought it was my fault
Male Rape Victims Suffer in Silence
First Friend at University
Let Down
My Daughter
ללינור היקרה
לפני 14 שנים
You had no rights
I wanted to get high
My Step Brother Raped Me
Too naïve
Innocence Taken
Happy Birthday
Taken advantage of
Childhood Rape
What am I doing wrong
אוףףףף
The Power of Victimization
My Friend
Birthday Rape
If I Were Stronger Then
Rape
I Too Was Raped
High School Orientation
Bringing the Stories to Light
Together, We Are Brave

What Is Success?
היי
Lost Trust In Men For The Longest...
Ride from the Concert
Help!! What Can I Do?
My Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
I thought we were friends
Finally Arrested
I Was Only 7
De Los 6 a Los 12
What Should I Do?
I blamed myself for so long
My Own Brother
Rapist Turned Murderer
Unethical or illegal?
I’m Not Easy
Don’t Walk By Yourself
Identity?
He Was My Best Friend
Stupid Coward
Remember November
Seis Años
In Korea
Too Young
Raped Twice and Attempted Rape Once No...
My Best Friend
Set Up
Raped at 16
It’s my fault
Was it rape?
Loss of Trust
raped by my own brother
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
Army
St. Louis Riots
Embrace It All
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
A Voice to be Heard
I know when I see a rapist...
Every one ignored me
My Brother
Ketamine Rape
Army
In Denial of My Rape
So drunk I can’t remember
Happy Survivor
How Many Times?
Raped by a US Marine when I...
My brother let him in
So Now What?
Felt safe in my friend group
Christianity teaches men to treat women like...
Convincing Myself
Dad Touching Me
The Little Girl in Green and Blue...
Blamed Myself
So Many Times
I Don’t Know My Story
Bringing the Stories to Light
He Laughed
Kidnapped
Never Forget
Married My Rapist
I Am Still Standing
Male dancer
Unknown Abuse by Biological Father
Coping with rape during a pandemic
Running
I was raped by a cop
It’s OK
Senior Year Ended In The First Week
The abuser
I Still Blame Myself
Too Afraid To Tell
Incapacitated Still
הטרידו אותי
He Was My Friend
God Saved Me
Mi Esposa
Left in shambles
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Spring Break
Rape
Surviving, Kinda
It’s Your Fault
The Life I Live
Kept From Us
Holding It In
I Thought I Was Safe
Ms.
The Reason I Feel Alone
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
I am a survivor
My Daughter’s Rape
#MeToo I am 1
It started with you.
The pain that was never mine to...
Party Time
Was It My Fault?
Just Words
My experience as an intern in highschool
Black and Blue
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
A Lifetime of pain
Ride from the Concert
I Thought I was Safe
Two Times
My Rape Stories
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Twice a pattern?
I Was 19
A respectable collegue
My Story
MY Inspirational Story
En Enero de 2010
I Too Was Raped
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
My Year in Hell
Raped at the Air Force Academy
Stranger Danger
A Journal of a Wayward Child
Time Heals
Why Me?
Sex doll
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
I was just 9.
Multiple Times
Scars That Heal
Spoke out and was blamed
I Trusted Him
weird brother
Online dating
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
Did I ask for it?
Why Me Over and Over?
Memories
Aftermath
Coming forward turned into a nightmare
Asking for advice
Boyfriend Forcefully Sodomized Me
Grandpa Molested me
He Was a Cop
Denial
He was my best friend
Rape Is Everywhere
My Daughter
Broken Homes, Broken Families
An older, popular boy
Rape Is Everywhere
Wanted Love But Got Rape
Ready to Share
Why Me Over and Over?
Incest
I’ve Never Told Anyone Before
Need help
Raped in the Air Force
Only Six
My Interview
Just Violated
Breakin Burgler
Raped At 16, 29, 31
Raped By a Friend
These Men are More Protected Than We...
These Men are More Protected Than We...
Rape
Afraid of the Truth
Sexual Assault
My Life Destroyed in 5 Minutes
My best friend
Rape??
Date Rape
Summer 2019
I Trusted Him
Rape by Boyfriend
Abuse and Rape
הסיפור שלי…
Assault, Battery, and Rape
Drunken Rape
It’s A Long Story
כמוני כמוך
Him or Me
He bought me chips and sent me...
A Silent Fighter
It Was My Mom
Unspoken
Never Going To Happen To Me
No One Believes Me
Raped by my Stepfather
I am More than a Victim
#IStandWithHer
PART 5: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
Ex-Boyfriend
He was family
Life Purpose
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
The One I Trusted
Believe Her
Monster dad
My story growing up with a secret
My secret
Almost Raped
Black and Blue
19 years later and still thinking about...
Holding My Feelings In
Rape inside marriage is still rape…
Betrayed By My Own Mind
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
Raped by ex boyfriend
Rock It!
