#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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I still don’t know
Male dancer
University Bar
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
A Different MeToo
A respectable collegue
I Just Need to Tell Someone
Raped By a Family Member
Father Figures
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Breaking the Silence

Betrayed By a Loved One
intruder
Happily Married, Rape Survivor
Child rape
Date Rape
They thought it was fun
Be Aware
Drugged
הסיפור שלי…
Is It My Fault?
He Was Never My Friend
I Was Only 7
Football Player
I still don’t know what happened
לפני 14 שנים
De Los 6 a Los 12
Stupid Coward
It Was Too Late
Darkness With Friends
Kidnapped
“It’s not your fault.”
Repressed Memory
Once When I Was 6, Once When...
Stronger Than You Think
Not Okay
I tried to bury it for seven...
Too naïve
Raped in the Air Force
First Crush
Never Even Knew
Multiple Times
Myself
Holding It In
Letter to my offender part 2
My First Time Speaking Up
I still feel like it’s my fault
My Own Sister
Drugged and Raped at Age 14
Supporting Sisters
En Enero de 2010
A young mother
First Rape
My step dad raped me
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
My Safe Place
Gray area?
My Daughter and I Both
Rape and Crisis
Lesbian After Assaults
Brock and Will
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Inspired
When I Was 8 Years Old
Don’t Know
Second Date
Freshman Year
Was I raped?
היי לינור
גבר אלים וחולני
3 Times is Not Charming
I Thought They Cared About Me
Rape by Boyfriend
Returning to Mexico
Brother & Sister
It was just a vacation
Memories in the Dark
Forgiving My Rapist
Just Another Night
Forced to Have Sex with My Boyfriend
Roofied
I’m Confused
Broken Girl
I don’t know anymore
A young girl
my story
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Think You Know
Just Words
My Daughter’s Rape
Nine Years Worth of Abuse
Abuse Continued
13 and Raped
I Need to Tell Someone
Middle school sexual harassment
I Didn’t Know What Happened
What now…?
I’ve survived sexual abuse
Be Strong
MesS Into A mesSage
Seis Años
It’s my fault
It wasn’t my fault
Unsure
Raped because of who I loved
Rape by Boyfriend
BoR Amendment VI – Protecting Rapists in...
Home invasion, wife saved daughter
I Can Barely Remember
He was my best friend
Dirty Whore
Mi Historia
Raped By 6 Policemen
I can’t remember if I said yes...
No More Silence
I know when I see a rapist...
Tormented
Now I Understand My Husband
Rape Is Everywhere
When I Was 8 Years Old
When My Body Wasn’t Mine.
Let’s Fight Back With Love
Used
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
Just a Kid
My Story
A Cruel Time To Prevail
Speak Up
From a Boyfriend
Okay, Not Okay
Convincing Myself
I Was a Virgin
My Story
I don’t know if it’s rape
Deserved What I Got
School Bathroom
What If I Make You?
Personal Statement – Written January 2017
Sexual Abuse and Rape
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
#MeToo, too
So long, I’ll be seeing you everywhere
Liar, Liar
Because of You
They Laughed
Sex doll
Feelings After I was Raped 20 plus...
I Am A Survivor
Too naïve
Ms.
Ketamine Rape
College Rape
My Innocence Was Taken Away
Family Member
Afraid of Being Judged
New Years Eve Party
A not so perfect family exposed to...
The First Time
Raped Study Abroad in Seoul
No Wasn’t Good Enough
Help !
NYC Vacation
Rape, Sexual Abuse
Raped at the Air Force Academy
My Fight
My Two Days of Hell
Thank you for speaking out…
Emotional Abuse
Breaking the Silence
Multiples Agressions Sexuelles
From Scared Girl to Strong Mother
I was used. I got left. I...
Stairwell
God Saved Me
אוףףףף
Just Playing
Why Didn’t You Stop Him?
I still see him on campus
3 Times is Not Charming
לא יוצאים מזה…
Out For A Walk
My first love
My story growing up with a secret
“No” is Universal
Sexual Abuse
I want my innocence back
Different face, but the same monster
Rape and the Aftermath
My Sexual Assault Story
Alone No Longer, Brave Till the End
Unethical or illegal?
Molestation
עדיין מציק
An Unknown Face & Hands
The Party
Molested
Life After Death
Six months in the making..
היי
Exploitation Was My Lifestyle
יש חיים אחרי אונס
The pain that was never mine to...
Losing My Virginity to a Campus Rape
Not Safe in Your Own Family
Army
Rape
More Witness than I Care to Live...
Drunk and taken advantage of
Why Me?
So drunk I can’t remember
I story I have yet to accept...
Abused By My Cousin and Uncle
Naive College Freshman
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Ex-Boyfriend
I didn’t enderstand what was happening
הטרידו אותי
The Unforgetable Party
I Trusted Him
Mi Esposa
My Life in Foster Care
He Was a Family Friend
Night Out
Still Rape
A night gone wrong
Its Got To STOP!
I wish I would have been smarter
Not Remembering
Finally Sharing
The Statistics that Changed Me
Not all friends are true
Raped as a Baby
High School Orientation
raped as a lone solidier in israeli...
CPS Let My Rapist Walk Free
I Lost My Virginity
The reason for my tattoo
Child sexual abuse
My Story.
7 Months
Drunken Rape
Help…
April 2015
Sexually assaulted at 4
Raped as a Boy
Confused
I was 13
Confused and Angry
it was 1 am
April 8th, 2016
Summer 2019
Rape
Ex Boyfriend
Does the pain ever go away?
My Story
My Story
Finally Using My Voice
A Week Before 18th Birthday
Erase and Rewind
He Was My Best Friend
It was never…..That
Raped in my own bed
Mental Breakdown
Was It Rape?
A Lifetime
Politeness Serves No One
Life of Trauma
I Didn’t Know I Was Raped
Daycare friend
Why you should talk to your daughters...
Your truth will change someones’ life.
My 18th Birthday
Domestic Rape
Respect
I said no – but he took...
Spoke out and was blamed
Despedida
Who Is To Blame?
Dating & Relatives
Why Didn’t You Speak Up?
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Freshman Year
Kidnapped
PART 3: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
Catching Up With Me
Why Me Over and Over?
My Interview
Red Flags
I was molested and raped at 6
My Multiple-Offender Rape
Multiple Assaults
Naive
My Mother Was Raped
I Barely Knew Them
My teacher and my step-brother
I Am a Survivor…
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
This Is My Story
The children are the priority here
I’m Disgusted
Resiliency
I Thought He Loved Me
Time To Tell
I let it happen twice
It is not my fault
April 19th
Workplace Sexual Harassment
A flat tire is a rapist’s opportunity
Rape
I Choose Hope
