At 18, gay sex got him 7 years in prison

A Montana man will not be forced to register as a sex offender in relation to a 1994 conviction under sodomy laws ruled unconstitutional in 2003 for having consensual gay sex with two 16-year-old boys, per a federal judge. [...]

Randall Menges, 45, was 18 years old and living in Idaho in 1994 when he was convicted for having gay sex under Idaho's Crimes Against Nature law. The statute, like other sodomy laws, criminalizes consensual anal and oral sex and historically have been used to indirectly criminalize LGBTQ communities. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the 2003 case Lawrence v. Texas that sodomy laws were unconstitutional. Menges served seven years in prison with additional probation time and was forced to register as a sex offender in Idaho.

source: Article 'At 18, Gay Sex Got Him 7 Years in Prison. Montana Made him Register as a Sexual Offender Until This Week - though Sodomy Laws Were Tossed 17 Years Ago' by Brian Bell; www.towleroad.com/2021/05/consensual-gay-sex-montana/; Towleroad Gay News; 13 May 2021