#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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Perfect on Paper
I was 14
3 incidents
Molestation and Rape Survivor/Warrior
It Was My Fault
Abuse and Rape
No Wasn’t Good Enough
Teatime
23 year old virgin
Gang rape
Violent Rape
UNEXPOSED – AFTER 30 YEARS OF EXTREME...
Drugged
Kept From Us
Rape Victim / Rapist in Hollywood
Help
My Story
Locked Up
כמוני כמוך
I was molested and raped at 6
sexual assault
University Bar
Choose healing over silence
A Beautiful Trap
I will never forget
Date Rape
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
A Journal of a Wayward Child
Incest
Life of Trauma
Was I assaulted?
When I Was 11…
Becoming a Warrior
Domestic Rape
He Was My Boyfriend
College Campus Rape
Lasting memories
Unethical or illegal?
My Mother was raped and told me...
Raped at the Air Force Academy
Marital Rape
Need advice
Spring Break Nightmare
Love of My Life?
I said no
Shelter My Soul
Warning
Don’t Know
Fiance Father of my Child
The Night That Changed My Life
23 with a secret
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
2 Years Ago
I’m the Slut. I Must’ve Wanted It.
Started At 12…
Out of Control
My Life
I’m finally letting my hurt out
Does the pain ever go away?
A familiar fight
Surpris à la Maison
I didn’t even know I was pregnant
היי לינור
Sexual Assault
No Wasn’t Good Enough
My Ex Husband – My Biggest Enemy
Why me?
My Two Rapes
Letter to My Rapist
Was it rape ?
Rape Is Everywhere
Raped by ex boyfriend
School Bathroom
Finding My Voice
Survivor #metoo
Brave Miss(es) Indeed
Raped by my boyfriend
Piece
Your First
I was raped last summer
Small Town, Popular Boyfriend
Too naïve
If this hadn’t happened to me
Alcohol
My Best Friend’s Boyfriend
He was my best friend
Do NOT Trust Strangers
Feeling Alone
My Two Days of Hell
Assaulted by my neighbor
Piece
הטרידו אותי
What Can I Do
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Only 12
היי
Sex doll
I’m Only Stronger
The Healing Process
I was taken advantage of when drunk
Raped in the Air Force
De Los 6 a Los 12
Roommates
I Am Not Brave
I still don’t know
I called him my friend
I like to think I won’t feel...
My Father’s Funeral
I Was Only 7
I Was Only 7
So drunk I can’t remember
Nothing important…
Relationship does not equal consent
So Alone
A Silent Fighter
He WAS a friend
Was it rape?
Things do get better
Not Over It
37 Years Ago
Working Through It
Two times. One year.
Metoo
Men Like Brett Kavanaugh Make It Hard...
I Didn’t Know I Was Raped
Rape
Male dancer
Rape
I Thought He Loved Me
My story growing up with a secret
My Younger Sister
Didn’t Know Until Later
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
College Professor
My Story
Rape without remorse
A Stong Woman
The Boys Club Continues
Raped at a Birthday Party
I Trusted Him
Raped at Camp
Too Scared to Share With My Family
I Had No Idea…
It wasn’t my fault
He ruined my life
10 Years!
Summer 2019
My Secret
What Is Success?
Dead Inside
Little Girl
Six months in the making..
The Night I Wished Never Happened!!
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
Abused by another child
I was assaulted twice at the same...
Christianity teaches men to treat women like...
He Was a Cop
God Saw You Kill My Two Little...
My Story
Date Rape
I Was Manipulated
My Story
Gang Rape
A respectable collegue
Halloween Nightmare
An Embarrassing Situation
Too Afraid To Tell
En Enero de 2010
Second Night of College
A Week Before 18th Birthday
Family members ex husband
The Friend
Not safe in my own skin
A Night I Can’t Remember
Fear Became a Part of My Life
I Shouldn’t Have Drank
I Want to Live
My Best Friend & His Friend Raped...
לא יוצאים מזה…
My Story
My Brother’s Best Friend
גבר אלים וחולני
My Rape
Sexual Abuse
My Brothers Two Best Friends
Spoke out and was blamed
Army
The Statistics that Changed Me
I’ll Never Be Whole Again
I Saved Myself
It will get better
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
Politeness Serves No One
So Now What?
Sexually assaulted several times
Memories in the Dark
Stranger Rape
I Choose Hope

Okay, Not Okay
PART 1: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
Middle School
Going Through the Emotions
A Private College; A Private Rape
Raped as a child and teen
When My Body Wasn’t Mine.
Erase and Rewind
Identity?
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Rock It!

Shattered Childhood
Careful What You Wish For
Still Think It Was My Fault
Acceptance
Childhood Friend Date Rape
Still Haven’t Healed
Knowledge is Power
David and Goliath
It Happened More Than Once
Mi Esposa
He Was a Cop
St. Louis Riots
April 8th, 2016
I guess it was rape
עדיין מציק
I was raped last summer
My babysitter
Frozen in fear
Hateful
Two times. One year.
Rape
Trapped In a Fantasy World
Trying To Help
Marital Rape
My Fight
Awareness Among Teenage Boys
Piece
The Statistics that Changed Me
Bad Date
My Last Party
Spousal Rape
16 times
3 Times is Not Charming
I was raped
Raped by stranger x2
Moving on Alone from Rape
Forced, De-flowered
Ms.
Betrayal
Was Told to Shut My God Damn...
Once, Twice, Three Times A Victim
17
עדיין מציק
My story growing up with a secret
College Rape
Broken Trust
My Best Friends Brother
Someday Soon
Mi Historia
my story
He doesn’t even know he raped me
I Was a Fool for Him
Your truth will change someones’ life.
He Never Apologized
I Still Blame Myself
I was 4 yrs old
Dee Bhagwanji
לפני 14 שנים
J’avais 13 ans
Disappointed
Shattered Childhood
Betrayed By a Loved One
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Do you remember your first time?
To protect and serve
Say Something
I wish I never knew
Trapped
I blamed myself for so long
Our Stories & Pain Are Valid
Am I Over Reacting?
2 Years Ago
Miss
Molested by my biological father
Don’t Give Up
