#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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University Bar
לא יוצאים מזה…
Molested, Tortured, Rape, Survivor
En Enero de 2010
3 Different Times
Raped in my own bed
Light In The Dark
Twice a pattern?
In Korea
So Now What?
I think my “boyfriend” raped me
An Uber Driver Raped Me
Kept From Us
It was normal
After I Was Raped
Raped by Him
Amber’s Story
אוףףףף
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
Kidnapped
Graduation Night
Was it rape? Or my fault?
I Thought It Was My Fault
Shame
My step dad raped me
Okay, Not Okay
More Than a Survivor
My abuse story victim to survivor
#IStandWithHer
Another kid raped me
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
I Said No
you do what you gotta
raped and isolated
My first love
Your truth will change someones’ life.
Married My Rapist
Why Didn’t You Speak Up?
היי לינור
Didn’t Realize It
I didn’t even know I was pregnant
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
I was molested and raped at 6
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
Taking Back My Life
School Prom
Losing My Virginity to a Campus Rape
You Must Acknowledge
School Does Not Care
Trauma
My Strength
He ruined my life
Messed Up
עדיין מציק
Be Happy It Only Involves Your Daughter
Alone No Longer, Brave Till the End
Safe Isn’t Always What We Believe
What sent me over the edge
A letter to my rapist
Rape in my locked home
Ms.
Warning
Assaulted
A Childhood of Sexual Trauma
Raped by my grandfather
Rape by Boyfriend
It wasn’t my fault
Still Can’t Believe It
Through the Window
I just wanted to give him a...
I felt like it didn’t count because...
My Horrific Nightmare
I’m Doing You a Favor
I’m Speaking Out!
lucky
Males are Victims Too
Enough Is Enough
Kibbutz
A Journal of a Wayward Child
He used me. He left me.
A learning experience
Forced, De-flowered
Rape Survivor
Childhood Abuse
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
Dads boss daughter!!!!!!
Ex
The girl that got up and kicked...
Enough Is Enough
Rape
So Now What?
So Now What?
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
True Tales No One Knows
Raped by my Step Brother
More Witness than I Care to Live...
My sisters boyfriend abused me
Worst Day Ever
Breaking the Trust
Raped at the Air Force Academy
Never Thought It Would Happen To Me
Summer 2019
my brother in law
הטרידו אותי
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
LOST
College Rape
And It Continues
Too scared to tell
Rape
It never stops changing you and thats...
Myself
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
More Than Once
Warning
I WAS RAPED BY SEVERAL
Raped by stranger x2
Raped By 6 Policemen
Male dancer
J’avais 13 ans
Help
We All Have a Voice
Stranger, Friend, Lawyer, and Youth Leader
I Still Blame Myself
Rape
Scar
Blamed myself …
No Justice
I Didn’t Want to Do It
Repressed Memory
My Story
Afraid
Forgiving My Rapist
Despedida
Michelle Johnston
Mi Esposa
Me too…
Over 40 years Ago
Survivor of child molestation and date rape
Seis Años
Me and my Best Friend
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Two Friends and Two Boys
Just Words
When I Was 8 Years Old
A Family Member Sexually Took Advantage Of...
I know when I see a rapist...
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
Younger me
Emotional Abuse
לפני 14 שנים
Childhood Rape
my story
Raped in the Air Force
Me & My Girlfriend
My boyfriend of 2 years
In The Past
We met at the bar
My boss
A Victim No Longer
My Daughter and I Both
First Time
I Was Only 7
Rape
Rape & Sexual Assault
My “Best Friend”
Hostage
I Need to Tell Someone
Thank you
Confused for Too Long
Letter to my offender
Erase and Rewind
Roofied
Living Nightmare
Alcohol
Today, I Let It All Go
Brave
היי
What I Now Feel, Because of Him
The Statistics that Changed Me
Last Party
A respectable collegue
Relationship does not equal consent
Sexual assault/ sex trafficking
Frozen in fear
It never stops changing you
ללינור היקרה
Katie Jones
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
I am 1 in 4
Warrior
גבר אלים וחולני
Is It Really Rape?
I Am Not Brave
Breaking The Silence
Stronger Every Day
Why Me Over and Over?
Raped
Sexual Assault
Multiple Assaults
Naive
Raped in College
My Story
Spoke out and was blamed
A Letter to My Rapist
Roommates
I’m Not Easy
Finally Healing
My story growing up with a secret
Raped
Army
Sexually Assaulted Or Not?
Locked Up
Stress
Sex doll
Betrayed By a Loved One
Raped and Molested
Stranger
4th of July
People You Do Not Know
Date Rape
Rape
Rape & Sexual Assault
Years later… meeting my rapist again
My survival story
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Finally Arrested
Abuse and Rape
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Two Times
Healing and releasing painful memories
Long way back
Speak up for yourself
I don’t know if it’s rape
הסיפור שלי…
Keeping Faith
Doctor Nightmares
My Brothers Two Best Friends
Bringing the Stories to Light
Repressed Memories x3 Abusers
He Was My Family
Boyfriend Forcefully Sodomized Me
Online Dangers
April 19th
Couch Surfing
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
2 Years Ago
Dad Raped Me
Ended in Rape
My story
Survivor
Effort To Survive
These Men are More Protected Than We...
Neglected
Identity?
Learning to Live With My Rape
Bringing the Stories to Light
Not A Trustworthy Man
It Kills Me
It Felt Like Rape
Mi Historia
Kidnapped and Raped
I Was Nearly Raped
Scars
The Man Who Never Was
First date: Raped after school at 15
Raped by my boyfriend
Raped because of who I loved
So Alone
I Thought He Loved Me
Workplace Sexual Harassment
I Was Manipulated
Did I ask for this?
Attempted Rape
Marital Rape and the abuser in my...
He was a friend
Rapist Turned Murderer
“My Rape” at University
Victimization
I Slept Next to Him
The Night My Life Changed
De Los 6 a Los 12
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
Raped by Abusive Husband
I Thought He Loved Me
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Trapped
An Orphanage
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Too naïve
My story
When I was 4
I thought it was my fault
I Am Brave

LOST
Weak
Don’t Give Up

