In Donald Trump’s America, many Americans think “woke” gender and sexual issues are settled. They should think again.

Alaska proves it. The state’s lawmakers are currently advancing Senate Bill 238, which would protect Alaska librarians who promote sexually explicit books to children. The bill grants libraries — represented by the American Library Association (ALA) — sweeping power to stack kids’ shelves with pornographic material, even when parents object.

Oftentimes, conservatives stretch the definition of “woke” to include anything they perceive as liberal. But the Alaska debate has nothing to do with kids learning about different religions or the history of slavery. It has to do with exposing kids to topics like anal and oral sex, bondage, masturbation, and pederasty.

What is pederasty? Sex between a man and a young boy — yes, shown to little boys and girls. Seeing Playboy in a middle school would be bad enough, and this is even worse.

If SB 238 passes, it would become virtually impossible for parents to speak out against the ALA’s most controversial books. These include Gender Queer: A Memoir, a recommended “trans read” that contains multiple pages of illustrations depicting oral sex. One scene shows the author masturbating with a sock, while another portrays the use of a strap-on harness. Such inappropriate images have been entered into the congressional record for all to see (buyer beware).

How could the ALA possibly object? By labeling concerned parents as “book banners.” The world’s largest association of libraries claims that objectors simply oppose the “freedom to read,” a mantra echoed by pro-ALA legislators.

As the ALA’s chief critic, I am a firm believer in the importance of reading different books at a young age; I just don’t want fifth graders reading about blowjobs and strap-ons. Most parents agree: Democrats, Republicans, and independents believe that schools and libraries shouldn’t peddle porn to kids, and they believe in parental involvement.

To silence parents like myself, ALA activists argue that the Supreme Court’s 1973 “Miller test” is the proper standard for inclusion in school libraries, allowing librarians to stock kids’ shelves with all materials that are not explicitly deemed “obscene.” Based on the Miller test, which determines whether material is legally obscene, even the most pornographic adults-only magazines and movies are difficult to challenge. As Sarah Lamdan, Executive Director at the ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom, recently suggested, the Miller test is broadly applied to stifle parental dissent.

Under the Supreme Court’s more applicable Pico standard of 1982, inappropriate books that are educationally unsuitable don’t need to go to a judge. They can be contested by a school board or superintendent, with parents having a direct say. But that would require the ALA to respect parents in the first place.

From Alaska to Washington, D.C., the ALA’s agitprop is a serious wake-up call to parents. Here is a new Miller test: Fear the worst when the ALA brings it up. If school policy names Miller or the “as a whole” test, it is safe to assume that foul play is afoot. We only hear about the Miller test or “book banning” or the “freedom to read” in cases where ALA librarians are handing out sexually explicit books to children.

Parents have no choice but to come together, and the rest of America has to wake up. We need support from institutions such as the mainstream media and influential leaders like Elon Musk or Robert Kraft, who have long championed free speech but can take a stronger stance on porn in school libraries. We also need the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services to step in as a viable alternative to a fundamentally broken library association.

Against the woke ALA, parents need all the help we can get. Our kids’ future is at stake.

Dan Kleinman | April 14, 2026

Dan Kleinman is the owner of SafeLibraries educational services. He is also executive director of the World Library Association, an alternative to the American Library Association.

Source: Stopping Pro-Porn Librarians and Lawmakers – American Thinker