CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Legislature is considering a bill that librarians from across the state say will eliminate young adult and teenage sections from public libraries, calling it unnecessary and harmful to the state’s youth.

Additionally, they say it could bring an end to some local libraries if they are not in compliance and rack up the associated $50,000 fines for violation of the bill, if passed into law.

The bill draft outlines rules that would prohibit public and school libraries from housing literature deemed as sexually explicit in children’s sections, which includes teenage and young adult sections.

As written, this could include texts like educational material about puberty and sex, historical accounts like Anne Frank’s diary, and sacred texts like the Bible, the Quran and th

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