#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 At 16, 29, 31
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
Mistaken Identity
Six Years of Denial
Rape
My Own Sister
My Story
The pain behind smile
Set Up
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Summer 2019
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
Nashville Sweetheart
Raped in the Air Force
Ms.
A respectable collegue
Knowledge is Power
5
Dream / Recall
She Should Be Over It
Raped at age 9 & 15
My Story
Kidnapped and Raped
Date Rape
Unethical or illegal?
He Stole Something From Me
Raped by Him
Alcohol
We Live Part of Hell on Earth
Liar, Liar
Does the pain ever go away?
Am I Wrong?
Doctor Nightmares
I Really Want To Forget About It
3 years on
Stayed Silence
Catfished
It Was the Second
Raped By 6 Men
I Thought I Was Safe
The Night I Wished Never Happened!!
I Was Just A Baby
It Started With Rape
I WAS RAPED BY SEVERAL
Sexual Abuse and Rape
Mi Esposa
Memories Are Back
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
15
Attempt to Rape
4 short stories of sexual aggresion
Sexual Abuse
Two Friends and Two Boys
עדיין מציק
Someone I Thought I Could Trust
Impacted Forever
Help
My Side
The Time I Was Raped
Little Girl
Only I get to make choices for...
Myself
Rape
Ashamed Afraid Angry Grey
Obsessed Abusive Ex
my story
My Beloved Man
Him or Me
Shattered
Brother & Sister
De Los 6 a Los 12
My Rape
Sexual Assault
Just Words
לא יוצאים מזה…
Coercion is never consent
Victory
My stepfather raped me
I know when I see a rapist...
Date Raped When I Was 15
Too naïve
Keep it to myself
Okay, Not Okay
A Stong Woman
My Brothers Two Best Friends
Remember November
Something I’ve Never Shared
Did He Rape My Mind Too
Finally Using My Voice
Catfished
Does the pain ever go away?
Finding Me
Is Healing Possible?
A letter to my rapist
Don’t Walk By Yourself
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Kept From Us
He said I wanted it
Raped and Numbed
Too much trauma
A Night To Remember
A Wolf Hidden In Sheeps Clothing
That wasn’t too bad now was it?
My Best Friend
Miss
Rape
My story growing up with a secret
Three weeks, every day..
Erase and Rewind
Pastor’s Son
High School Orientation
17
יש חיים אחרי אונס
November ’08
Don’t Give Up

Army
Freshman Year
sexual assault
Powerful
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Rape or Not?
End of Innocence
Disappointed
Cousin rape
Taken advantage of
Online dating
Confronting My Step-Father
Happy Birthday
A Childhood of Sexual Trauma
Everyone loves him
Too naïve
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
I Thought I was Safe
Do NOT Trust Strangers
Leaving the party
Abuse and Rape
I Too Was Raped
Was it rape? Or my fault?
In Korea
ללינור היקרה
Assault?
It is not my fault
כמוני כמוך
When I Was 8 Years Old
Raped at a Birthday Party
Sex doll
I don’t know who I am
you do what you gotta
Running
Males can be victims too
Harassment at Work
Me too…
I Was Only 7
Spoke out and was blamed
Twice
Sexual Abuse and Rape
Together, We Are Brave

raped as a lone solidier in israeli...
The Statistics that Changed Me
Was almost raped and no one did...
He’s Still Out There
Blamed Myself
Amusement Park
More Than Half of My Life Ago
I am More than a Victim
Different face, but the same monster
My rape story
I Pretend Like I Don’t Remember…But I...
16 times
My babysitter
Charity is it’s own reward
He had my pants down
Supporting Sisters
Family
Proof, but no Witnesses
My boyfriend of 2 years
Not A Trustworthy Man
Brave Miss(es) Indeed
A Literal Fight
Raped By Family
Politeness Serves No One
Raped Husband
לפני 14 שנים
I Thought It Was My Fault
So long, I’ll be seeing you everywhere
The year that changed me
The Man Who Never Was
It just happened
היי לינור
Repressed Memories
Seis Años
Erase and Rewind
My Nightmare
To the men who hurt me
My Fight
Raped By A Registered Sex Offender
Once, Twice, Three Times A Victim
My consent is just that…mine
It’s Hard But It Gets Better
Rape
I Just Started High School
I Was Only 7
April 2015
Off My Shoulders
College Rape
הסיפור שלי…
College Student
Child Rape
I Will Never Forget
Mi Historia
Set Up
I Was 16
Workplace Sexual Harassment
And It Continues
My story
I Thought He Loved Me
Still Think It Was My Fault
My story
I Didn’t Even Know Him
J’avais 13 ans
I didn’t know
היי
Step Daddy
Not Really Love
My Daughter and I Both
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Male dancer
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
What sent me over the edge
A Private College; A Private Rape
Spousal Rape
My Army Fiance
Someone so close to me
Worthless
The Day I Was Raped and Abandoned
My Year in Hell
Innocence Taken
Freshman Year
School Bathroom
Rape
Dad and Uncle Raped Me
Ex-Boyfriend
More Witness than I Care to Live...
Family members ex husband
Manipulation
Child sexual abuse
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Many Years Ago
“She Didn’t Do Anything”
Assault
Childhood Abuse
Scars
Afraid of Being Judged
Raped Twice and Attempted Rape Once No...
Naive College Freshman
Dirty Whore
It is not my fault
Relationship does not equal consent
Rape Shaming
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
Christmas Horror
Mi Esposa
Nearly 50 years later
Sexually Assaulted Or Not?
Déja-vu
My Story
לפני 14 שנים
“You’re both minors”
So drunk I can’t remember
Roommates
4 Years Ago
Fraternity Men
The Loss of My Childhood
“Me too” On Facebook
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
I Was 3 Years Old
I Was Only 14
This Is Me, my fight song
Breakin Burgler
Flashbacks
A familiar fight
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Just wanted to be loved
A Message from the Director
