You’ve Got Mail: The Perils of Pigeon Post is a Chinese-language BL smut novel written by Taiwanese author Blackegg/ Hei Dan Bei / 黑蛋白. It was licensed for English publication by Seven Seas Entertainment.

The novel centers around the sexual-turned-romantic relationship between two men in a fictionalized ancient China.

Despite writing romance novels about gay men, the author regularly posts homophobic rants on her public Plurk (social media) profile. For example, she has accused gay men of regularly raping women and exploiting women’s bodies. In addition to her homophobia, the author also creates and reposts extremely transphobic content.

As a publisher that promotes LGBT stories, Seven Seas Entertainment has a moral obligation to avoid working with authors who publicly declare anti-LGBT stances. To do otherwise is no less than exploitation of LGBT people. 

Seven Seas Entertainment was made aware of this author’s views and statements before the official license announcement was made, but still chose to move forward. Seven Seas must be held accountable for this choice and explain how they as a company feel they can support the queer stories while promoting a homophobic and transphobic author’s work.