#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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Raped By 6 Policemen
I Was Only 14
Stranger Danger, Yeah Right.
I was assaulted twice at the same...
My Brothers Two Best Friends
He WAS a friend
Rape
The Life I Live
I don’t know what to do
Unicorns
The Summer of 2013
Spoke out and was blamed
Secretly Molested
Family and Friends
J’avais 13 ans
הסיפור שלי…
Repressed Memory
Domestic Rape
Raped as a Young Boy
Abused By My Cousin and Uncle
Hurt and Anger
Never Lose Hope
Nobody Knew
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
At 17yr old was raped by my...
My husband was molested as a child
In NYC
גבר אלים וחולני
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Drugged
Six Year Old’s Point of View
Relationship does not equal consent
I was very dumb.
Faded Memories
I blamed myself for so long
Friend of my Husband
Stranger
Bringing the Stories to Light
Rape of My Partner
So Many Years to Remember
Rape
Two Friends and Two Boys
My Story
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
A Beautiful Trap
Thank you for being LOUD!
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
Red Flags
היי לינור
I am More than a Victim
Mi Historia
i was a child.
Employer rape
Myself
Is this normal?
We met at the bar
So drunk I can’t remember
אוףףףף
3x
Male dancer
Raped in the Air Force
Nightmare
Raped by Abusive Husband
My brother let him in
Trader Joes
In Denial of My Rape
Why
2 Strangers
The Friendship I Always Never Wanted
Forced to Have Sex with My Boyfriend
Why Me Over and Over?
My Horrific Nightmare
You Can’t Trust Anyone
My First “Boyfriend”
Childhood of assault
Help !
הטרידו אותי
My year abroad
I was only 5
Around 9 PM
My Multiple-Offender Rape
I dont know what to call it
Not Really Love
One Morning
A respectable collegue
The Park
75 Percent Humidity
Sexual Abuse
When I Was 8 Years Old
April 8th, 2016
Incest & Date Rape
Mi Esposa
Was it rape? Or my fault?
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Just Wanted to Escape
Army
Rape
Still Going
Tinder Rape
De Los 6 a Los 12
It never seems like Rape to me
ptsd
The Silent But Haunting Wounds Of Rape
My Daughter
Molestation
Time To Tell
Raped Three Times
Fost or Fight
Drugged After Junior Prom
Date Rape
לפני 14 שנים
My younger brother
My First Boyfriend
My First Time
Memories Are Back
This will be painful
The Stepmonster
When I Was 8
The cycle
Army
Michelle Johnston
Too Young
Naive and Vulnerable
My Mother’s Albatross
My Life Changed
My Two Days of Hell
Spring Break
The Healing Process
Narcissistic Ex
Rape In a Rural Town
Are you sure?
Stockholm
I thought he was a brother
לא יוצאים מזה…
Years later… meeting my rapist again
Middle school sexual harassment
Not Alone
Kept From Us
Made in America
The Mailman Raped Me
Speaking Up for Women
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
I Said No
Sex doll
Still Haunted By It
I wish I would have been smarter
Cafeteria Food
עדיין מציק
I was raped
When My Body Wasn’t Mine.
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
College Rape
Around 9 PM
Six Year Sentencing Anniversary
Becoming a Warrior
My 18th Birthday
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
My Story
My 18th Birthday
Seis Años
Black Out
I wanted to get high
When My Body Wasn’t Mine.
The First Time
Just Violated
Just Words
Sexually Assaulted as a Child
Disappointed
Overcome It
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Ashamed of myself
He Was My Boyfriend
University Bar
This Is My Story
כמוני כמוך
Date Rape
Raped By a Family Member
Rape
So Now What?
Erase and Rewind
He used me. He left me.
I don’t know if it counts
I can’t keep quiet anymore
My husband raped me when I took...
Friends?
Unfair
Weathering The Storm
I Was Only 7
Remember as a victim you have done...
Years later… meeting my rapist again
Summer 2019
It was just a vacation
Didn’t Know Until Later
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Why was it my fault?
Child sex abuse
My Ongoing Journey
It never stops changing you and thats...
“raped” by my long time bf
Hostage
I Am Still Standing
Party Time
Rape
When Will This Nightmare End
En Enero de 2010
Constant fear
Survivor, Still Struggling
Raped After School
Rape
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
If I Were Stronger Then
The First Time
My story growing up with a secret
7th Grade Assault
Military Sexual Trauma
Unethical or illegal?
Still Can’t Believe It
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Does the pain ever go away?
I know when I see a rapist...
There are a lot of assholes on...
Too naïve
They thought it was fun
I’m a Victor, not a Victim
Childhood Friend Date Rape
My Rape Stories
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
I wish I never knew
My Snowball Effect
Assault
Victimization
Sexually Assaulted or Not?
My Story of a Gang Rape
23 with a secret
“No” is Universal
Rape Victim / Rapist in Hollywood
Twice a pattern?
Shelter My Soul
Is There Still Hope
I Was 3 Years Old
3 years on
The girl that got up and kicked...
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
15
A Lifetime of #MeToo – How Sexual...
Survivors of Continuous Events of Sexual ABUSE
I Am A Survivor
No Justice
It Was the Second
Rape
Just Another Night
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Not normal
Leaving the party
ללינור היקרה
My story growing up with a secret
More Witness than I Care to Live...
Naive
They will never know what they did...
Incapacitated Still
More Than Half of My Life Ago
Lesbian After Assaults
16 Years Later
Need help
He Took My Virginity
Afraid of Being Judged
What Can I Do
Raped by ex boyfriend
I Woke Up In The Tub
Together, We Are Brave

