#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
Case Closed
Strength to Speak Out
My Journey
Childhood Rape
The Boys Club Continues
The Statistics that Changed Me
J’avais 13 ans
Gross
Warning
The First Time
Summer 2019
Lasting Effects
Erase and Rewind
I wanted to get high
I Am Still Standing
Too drunk to respond
i was a child.
Digging my own grave
Sexual Assault
silent rape
I Thought I Was Safe
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
I was assaulted twice at the same...
Sexual Abuse
But what really happened?
A Journal of a Wayward Child
Raped at the Air Force Academy
I know when I see a rapist...
It Was the Second
Army
You Must Acknowledge
Stupid Coward
הסיפור שלי…
Just Words
Betrayed
Kidnapped
Brother & Sister
The year that changed me
I was a raped by a couple...
My story growing up with a secret
Raped at 13
First Crush
So drunk I can’t remember
Healing
Scared
The abuser
Who is Responsible?
My Ongoing Journey
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
My 11 Year Old Selfs Story
Groomed
An older, popular boy
I Too Was Raped
My year abroad
The Life I Live
When Does It End
Raped By a Female
My Interview
My Sister and I were Abused
Unethical or illegal?
Sexual Abuse of Minors
Too scared to tell
Warrior
My Story
הטרידו אותי
I didn’t fight back.
My Ex-husband
Not friends
Freshman on Campus
Naive
My year abroad
A Beautiful Trap
Thought He Was A Friend
Narcissistic Ex
The Touches I Felt
One Bad Decision
That “man”
Don’t Be Me
Constant fear
Realization of Rape
Way Back in 1973
College Student
School Bathroom
Charity is it’s own reward
I was 4 yrs old
my story
A respectable collegue
My Story
I’ve Never Told Anyone Before
היי לינור
I Thought I Was Safe
I didn’t even know what was happening
J’avais 13 ans
Friends No Longer
Drunk and Alone
My Daughter’s Rape
Seis Años
I’m Now a Statistic
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Spoke out and was blamed
לפני 14 שנים
I forgot, but then I remembered
Catfished
Call Me Anything But That
Love of My Life?
“Me too” On Facebook
My message to all
My Story
Raped in the Air Force
I dont know what to call it
Rape Victim / Rapist in Hollywood
I didn’t know
My Girlfriend of Two Years
Marital Rape and the abuser in my...
Be Aware
“raped” by my long time bf
Assault?
Never Forgotten
A Year After
My Story of Rape
He Was a Family Friend
Rape without remorse
A Letter to My Rapist
Night walk at community center
Resilience
Molestation
Rape
Stuck
Feeling weak
April 8th, 2016
Overcome It
Once, Twice, Three Times A Victim
Masked Boyfriend
Multiple Assaults
He bought me chips and sent me...
Had Her Back
Off My Shoulders
raped by my own brother
Kidnapped and raped at gunpoint
Asking for advice
Say Something
Sex doll
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Disappointed
Not normal
My First Time
Alone No Longer, Brave Till the End
Despedida
He Loved Me
The summer between 6th and 7th grade
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
His name was Kenneth
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
My Mom
Sleepraping
Blackout
7 Months
I thought he was a friend
Playing House
Myself
Suffered and Survived
לא יוצאים מזה…
All Just Too Much
My Father’s Funeral
You Were Suppose To Protect Me
Child sexual abuse
Awareness Among Teenage Boys
Don’t Be Me
Hiding from the Weather
Miss
Never Even Knew
School Rape
Workplace Sexual Harassment
He was right
He’s Still Out There
Too naïve
Forgotten Memories Submerge
My Husband Repeatedly Raped me
#metoo
I guess it was rape
I Was 16
I just realized this today.
What happened to me?
Finally Arrested
Was It My Fault?
Ashamed
It’s Hard But It Gets Better
What’s Done Is Done
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
I should’ve tried harder to stop it
3 years on
Being Done
Don’t Want to Admit It
ללינור היקרה
Male dancer
“No” is Universal
My story
A Cruel Time To Prevail
Erase and Rewind
People don’t think your spouse can rape...
Catfished
Michelle Johnston
Sexual Assault
40 years
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
7 years and it still controls me
NO MORE TEARS TO CRY
Log
A horror that lasts a lifetime
Still Can’t Believe It
My best friends dad
Was it Really Rape
עדיין מציק
Healing and releasing painful memories
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
כמוני כמוך
I don’t know anymore
My Uncle
Ex-boyfriend rape
Exposing Rapists – A Poem
Made in America
My Best Friend
Something I’ve Never Shared
Rape Victim
Shame
Why you should talk to your daughters...
A Journal of a Wayward Child
Rape
I Was Only 7
To my best friend who raped me
Family Ties
Ketamine Rape
De Los 6 a Los 12
He took away my innocence
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Only 12
He doesn’t even know he raped me
Young and Unaware
אוףףףף
Drugged and Gang Raped
Raped By 6 Policemen
I Barely Knew Them
Just a Kid
Second Night of College
my sexual abuse story that i kept...
They thought it was fun
Couldnt Damage My Spirit
My story
Prom Night
A not so perfect family exposed to...
Freshman Year
Drugged
Ms.
I Didn’t See It In Time
Ashamed Afraid Angry Grey
April 2015
I am not a rape victim
Afraid of the Truth
Finally Arrested
Bleeding Through My Tears
Why Me Over and Over?
NYD
In-Between Times
It’s my fault
He Lied
Rape
My Life
BC Oilfield Ruined My Life
My Step Father
Tormented
Family Member
Best Friends Brother
God Saved Me
גבר אלים וחולני
I am a survivor and got over...
יש חיים אחרי אונס
In Five Years
I’m 17 and I’m over it
Them
my story
My Story
15
Not Really Family
Molested By My Uncle
Its Got To STOP!
Happily Married, Rape Survivor
Just Me………
I still see him on campus
Together, We Are Brave


