Benj Gabun Sumabat
Benj Gabun Sumabat is a trilingual poet and essayist from Ifugao and Cagayan in northern Philippines, completing a BA in Creative Writing at the University of the Philippines Diliman. A non-binary and PWD (psychosocial disability) cultural worker, they advocate for regional literatures and languages and the politicization of the queer-disabled experience. Benj has participated in workshops including PASNAAN 12, Palihang Rogelio Sicat, Maningning Miclat, and the Cordillera Creative Writing Workshop. Affiliated with CAP, Ubbog Cordillera Writers Group, and GUMIL Metro Manila, their works appear in local and international journals and anthologies, exploring belonging, colonial trauma, translingualism, migration, queer identity, disability justice, and blue humanities.
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All Roads Lead Back To Cubao
For B, who made me walk unafraid on an overpass in Cubao while we got lost in trying to find…
En Route to Sagada: Journal Notes from the 10th Cordillera Creative Writing Workshop
“Travel, I realized, sometimes clarifies the kind of community we are still searching for—and the kind we are capable of…
Pancit Batil Patung: Stirring the Flavors of Tuguegarao City
How food can be a story of becomings, endings, and returns
Red Brick and Reveries: Coming of Age at Saint Philomena Parish Church
An in-depth reflection on the complexities of growing up queer within religious institutions and the discovery of wholeness and divinity…
Queen of Manila Streets: Queering Escolta at the ESC Biennale 2025
Carrying the festival theme, “Tambay lang,” this year’s Biennale spotlighted London-based walking artist Alisa Oleva and Pasig-based performance maker and…