Javier Cid
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Javier Cid (1979 – 22 August 2025) was a Spanish journalist, writer and LGBT rights activist.
Cid was born in Zamora in 1979.[1] At the time of his death he was a journalist for El Mundo, where he had begun his career, and was the head of its local magazine Gran Madrid. He had also worked at Unidad Editorial on the magazines YoDona and Telva.[2]
In 2010, he released his first novel Diario de Martín Lobo, which was followed by Llamarás un domingo por la tarde in 2019.[3]
In 2019, he was awarded the Alan Turing Award in the media category at the ARN Culture & Business Pride festival in Arona, for his defense of the rights of the LGTBIQ+ community.[4][5]
Cid died at his home in Madrid, on 22 August 2025, at the age of 46.[2]
References
- ↑ "Muere Javier Cid, periodista de EL MUNDO, un infinito del reportaje, la entrevista, la opinión y la creación de contenidos". El Mundo (in Spanish). 22 August 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
- 1 2 "Muere Javier Cid, periodista de 'El Mundo' y colaborador de 'Y ahora Sonsoles', a los 46 años". El País (in Spanish). 23 August 2025. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
- ↑ Cid, Javier (6 June 2019). Llamarás un domingo por la tarde (in Spanish). PLAZA & JANÉS. ISBN 978-84-01-02333-0.
- ↑ Suárez, María Fernanda (23 June 2019). "Javier Cid, escritor: "Vamos 30 años por delante en la lucha LGTBI, así que cuatro políticos no van a cambiar el pensamiento progresista general"". ElDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 August 2025.
- ↑ "El festival ARN Pride celebra en Arona su gala de entrega de los premios Alan Turing de 2019". ElDiario.es (in Spanish). 22 June 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.