https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/blurring...
https://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/threat-of-sg-csam/
https://www.findlaw.com/criminal/criminal-charges/child-porn...
In fact, they can get gulaged if they draw a picture of a totally imaginary 16 year old, let alone a real person. It's kind of in dispute in the US, but that'd be the way to bet. 'Course, in a lot of US states, they're also in trouble for having a "partner" at all.
In practice, they'd probably have to distribute the picture somehow to draw the attention to get them arrested, and anyway they'd be a low priority compared to people producing, distributing, or even consuming, you know, real child porn... but if the right official decided to make an example of them, they'd be hosed.
This entirely ignores what happens when you have states classifying telling a child “it’s ok to be gay/trans” as child abuse, or even just being gay/trans as a sex crime - which plenty of states in the US have said that they want to do.
Typically the same states and people that actively support child abuse by banning actual sex ed, and normalizing child molestation.