10 year old me definitely checked out the Clan of the Cavebear books and similar from my local library, no one cared.

My idea of a hot date was looking up dirty words in the unabridged dictionary.

Pretty much none which is exactly why the comparison to libraries makes zero sense.

And yes, there was considerable pearl clutching over same sex kiss. To the point the supposed old school bastions of freedom would not print it, would not put it in the library and would do everything possible for kid not to read it.

The physical world of back then was considerably more restrictive in terms of what kids could access. Whether in the libraries or outside of them.