#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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Just little girls
“Trust me, take a chance”
I thought he was a brother
My Boyfriend Raped Me
Keep it to myself
Twice a pattern?
Ex-Boyfriend
A Story
Spousal Rape
Holding My Feelings In
Date Raped at 19
Raped in the Air Force
Confused
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
The Friendship I Always Never Wanted
Male dancer
Memories
De Los 6 a Los 12
I Am Beautiful Now
Does he know?
Blaming Myself
After Wedding
Michelle Johnston
Deja Vu
Rape & Sexual Assault
I don’t know what to do
Kept From Us
I wish I would have been smarter
06.05.2006
Married My Rapist
My principal mom raped me
Teatime
Surviving sexual assault trauma
Why does this keep happening to me?
#IStandWithHer
STRONG
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
My Life Changed
incest
Rape
When school isn’t safe. (Australia)
Raped Study Abroad in Seoul
Life After Death
Child Rape
Not all friends are true
Rape
Family Ties
ללינור היקרה
גבר אלים וחולני
Why Me, Time and Time Again
En Enero de 2010
innocent
Remember as a victim you have done...
I was too young to know what...
A Voice to be Heard
When tears and no aren’t the answer
Rape
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
To the man who stole my independence
We All Have a Voice
In My Home
The Man Who Never Was
My Rape
My First Boyfriend
Mine Was Different
Six Years Old
When I Was 8 Years Old
Ms.
Chiropractor
Grandpa Molested me
Army
Friend of mines set me up
Worst Day Ever
Tormented
Multiple Assaults
Molested By a Stranger
Not A Trustworthy Man
my story
I Think I Was Raped
Was It Really Rape?
Raped in my Hostel
My Best Friend
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
Ashamed Afraid Angry Grey
Tormented
Babysitters
Sexual Abuse
f*ck you
Stupid Coward
Rapist Turned Murderer
My Daughter’s Rape
Camp rape
Mi Esposa
עדיין מציק
Rape
Why does this keep happening to me?
To My Rapist
Sexually assaulted at 4
My Step Brother Raped Me
I “needed” to do this!
Trusted Him
Rape
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
לפני 14 שנים
An Embarrassing Situation
Mrs
I Don’t Even Know
I’m Only Stronger
SURVIVOR OF RAPE
Hostage
75 Percent Humidity
Raped in Milan
Abused By My Cousin and Uncle
Sexual Assault
Shame Destroys
Sexual Assault
The Statistics that Changed Me
#IAmBrave and together, #WeAreStrong
Denial
Letter to my offender part 2
I was raped last summer
More Witness than I Care to Live...
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
היי
Date Rape Drug
Abused by another child
Wrong Choice
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Unethical or illegal?
my sexual abuse story that i kept...
היי
Not Alone
A Stong Woman
Mi Historia
Stronger Than You Think
Shout Out
People You Do Not Know
Six Year Old’s Point of View
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
sexually abused
The Devil You Know
Christmas Horror
I don’t know anymore
Summer 2019
Dream / Recall
The same guy
Public Rape
My story
my story-and where i “took it”…
Rape
Date rape
Raped By a Friend
Raped & Kidnapped By An Ex
Drugged
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
East Area Rapist/Golden State Killer – Joseph...
Angry and confused
No
הטרידו אותי
Life Is Rough
Sex doll
I still see him on campus
Justice
Hollywood’s Lost Angels
Raped at 14
Raped by My Ex
Piece
I know when I see a rapist...
Bleeding Through My Tears
Ritual Sexual Abuse
Finding My Voice
The “R” Word
Raped at 16
Darkness With Friends
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
“Me too” On Facebook
Ride from the Concert
Victim Impact Statement
HS Reunion
ITS BEEN 18 YEARS
His Masterpiece
Childhood Horror
The abuser
I Didn’t Even Know Him
Believe it or Not, It happened to...
My Last Party
הסיפור שלי…
High School Orientation
Spoke out and was blamed
That Night
Too much trauma
I can say it now
A respectable collegue
Molested used as a sex slave
Years later… meeting my rapist again
Rape on a Foreign Exchange Trip
Locked Up
Lightening Does Strike Twice
Thank you for being LOUD!
Molested By My Step Brother
I wish she wouldve helped me
First Love to Long Term Abuse
Childhood Rape
Too naïve
Seis Años
Rape
Family Party
My friend assaulted me and another
It Was the Second
Being Done
16 Years Later
I was just 9.
Generations
I Want to Live
I Am Still Standing
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
I Thought I Was Safe
Brock and Will
Drugged and Raped
Aftermath
Rape
A Letter to My Rapist
Strength to Speak Out
Middle school sexual harassment
Is Healing Possible?
A young mother
Constant fear
Young and Innocent
I didn’t wish it to happen
My Army Fiance
Stepfather
Despedida
Was it rape?
Rape
A Journal of a Wayward Child
My Rape
Nearly 50 years later
New Years
A Story
My Mother Was Raped
Nothing Feels Beautiful Anymore
Forever Silent
Not like the rape you always hear...
Child sexual assualt
Acquaintance Rape
Cavemen
Rape by Boyfriend
Stronger Than You Think
Workplace Sexual Harassment
#MeToo I am 1
What Is Success?
Only I get to make choices for...
I Am Not Brave
I was molested and raped at 6
I Was 16
Was I Raped?
Rape
Attempted Rape
אוףףףף
Politeness Serves No One
Me too.
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
I Was Only 7
Molested, Tortured, Rape, Survivor
The Setup
Lesbian After Assaults
Abuse of Men and By My Mother
I was a child
1990
I Still Blame Myself
Best Friends Brother
My story growing up with a secret
Don’t Walk By Yourself
Stress
Initiation into adulthood
J’avais 13 ans
My Daughter and I Both
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Unicorns
Broken Trust
He’s Dead
Still Think It Was My Fault
Raped By My Therapist
Just Words
“No” is Universal
Testifying
Broken Girl
Domestic Rape
My Daughter’s Rape
Molestation and Rape Survivor/Warrior
Why Me Over and Over?
Date Rape
College Rape
Help!! What Can I Do?
Not normal
Breaking the Silence
