#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 jail guard
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Leaving the party
Holding It In
Déja-vu
My Fight
I know when I see a rapist...
There once was love
Not Living the Life I Once Lived
My Horrific Nightmare
Parental Incest Is Rape
כמוני כמוך
Memories
Multiple Times
The summer between 6th and 7th grade
We met at the bar
Scared Like Crazy
I Hate You
My Brothers Two Best Friends
The healing process
Home from School
Warning
Still Going
I Was Nearly Raped
Multiple Sexual Assaults
A letter to the monster
Losing my virginity
Molested by my biological father
University Bar
Bringing the Stories to Light
My Fight
Almost Raped
“Me too” On Facebook
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
First Frat Party
Never the Same
Time Heals
I’m finally letting my hurt out
I said no
Betrayed
lucky
Freshman Year
Childhood Abuse
I Am Brave

Salted Wound
Kibbutz
What am I doing wrong
The Aftermath
My Story
But what really happened?
God Saved Me
Army
Blaming Myself
Fear
Date Rape
People don’t think your spouse can rape...
Just little girls
The Summer of 2013
I’m tired of hiding what you did
The Hole in My Heart
Still Rape
More Witness than I Care to Live...
3 Times is Not Charming
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
A Child
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Date Rape
Seis Años
Forced, De-flowered
April 8th, 2016
The Life I Live
Not Okay
Politeness Serves No One
Didn’t Know Until Later
Drunken Rape
Worthless
He was jealous of my new friend
A Lifetime of #MeToo – How Sexual...
הסיפור שלי…
Sexual Assualt Overseas
Erase and Rewind
Every Way Imaginable
When will it be enough?
A Victim No Longer
My Scars Do Not Define Me
Dad and Uncle Raped Me
Too Afraid To Tell
Raped by ex boyfriend
Raped in the Air Force
Red Flags
When All Hope is Gone
Too naïve
Raped By 6 Men
Sex doll
Sexual Abuse
Lasting Effects
Short Story
Your truth will change someones’ life.
I’m getting Married tomorrow
I Will Never Forget
It was his word against mine
MesS Into A mesSage
Childhood End
Confused for Too Long
We go to the same church
Too drunk to respond
The Summer of 2013
Raped and Molested
Sexually assaulted several times
SA in school
PART 1: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
Life Purpose
Not Safe in Your Own Family
He doesn’t even know he raped me
Is There Still Hope
My Friend’s House
גבר אלים וחולני
I don’t know what to think
Rape by Boyfriend
Just Like Yesterday
I don’t know anymore
10 years later I realised
Stranger Danger
Never Going To Happen To Me
I thought you loved me
Prisoner of Love
Date Raped When I Was 15
Gang raped foolishly
Rape
That “man”
Boy scout of america
Happy Birthday
Lightening Does Strike Twice
Naive girl
A Fun Night
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
I’m Not Easy
Don’t Know
He gave me to his friend
Ashamed
לפני 14 שנים
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
16 times
My Story
I should’ve tried harder to stop it
First College Party
Forced, De-flowered
Fishing Trips
I didn’t say “no”
Love of My Life?
My Story
Believe Her
Rape
Realization of Rape
Date Raped at 19
Neglected
I Was Only 7
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
What Is Success?
Raped by my boyfriend
Babysitter
How Many Times?
What sent me over the edge
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Step Dad
23 year old virgin
This Is Me, my fight song
Amusement Park
לא יוצאים מזה…
I was drunk
Sexual Abuse in a Relationship
A Childhood of Sexual Trauma
Raped at 16
dad and mom rape
I still hate him
My Two Days of Hell
Date Rape
Brock and Will
Noah
When no means nothing
Raped By My Brother’s Friend
Violent Rape
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
When I Was 7
Teatime
My Rape
Why
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Nothing Feels Beautiful Anymore
Middle school sexual harassment
אוףףףף
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
I Thought I was Safe
A respectable collegue
I dont know what to call it
Victim Impact Statement
My Younger Sister
My story growing up with a secret
היי לינור
East Area Rapist/Golden State Killer – Joseph...
Christmas Horror
I was assaulted twice at the same...
Stronger Than You Think
Family rape
Hidden Emotions
ללינור היקרה
Second Night of College
Do I say thank you?
My Step Brother Raped Me
Not safe in my own skin
It’s still happening
Devil In Disguise
Every Way Imaginable
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
I was raped
The Loss of My Childhood
…
Light In The Dark
I was born for this
My Daughter
Once Again
Your truth will change someones’ life.
“I’m not gonna have sex with you”
Lotus
Despedida
Drugged
So drunk I can’t remember
It wasn’t my fault
An Intruder
My posting
הטרידו אותי
Thank you
היי
Sexual Abuse
En Enero de 2010
Justice
I Was 9
He Lied
How Many Times?
Multiple Times
Day at the Lake
Stepfather
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
Broken Trust
עדיין מציק
Read This Please
My best friend
Unethical or illegal?
Ending Misogyny
My Brother
2-4 am on January 15th
Rape By My Husband
My Story
My Best Friend’s Brother
Chaos
Is It Rape When It’s Your Husband??
Years in Denial
Bringing the Stories to Light
Sexually Assaulted
Just Words
Raped by my boyfriend
Survivor #metoo
It was normal
My biggest mistake
You Didn’t Break Me
Six months in the making..
So Now What?
10 Minutos Can Change Your Life
Ms.
Breaking the Trust
I can say it now
He used me. He left me.
I Am Finally FREE
Bad Decision
I regret not telling
Mrs.
When school isn’t safe. (Australia)
I Need to Tell Someone
J’avais 13 ans
A Day My Life Changed Forever
I’m a Victor, not a Victim
Betrayed By My Own Mind
Someone so close to me
De Los 6 a Los 12
I didn’t even know I was pregnant
Glitter Girl, Gone.
The Pedophiles’ Paradise
Black Out
I let it happen twice
two years ago
Scar
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
Drugged and Raped at Age 14
Confused
Spoke out and was blamed
Rape
Tulane Law
*rape
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Survivor
