William and Zachary Zulock

William and Zachary Zulock were born in 1989 and 1987, respectively. After their marriage, the Zulocks became actively involved in online activism for LGBTQ+ rights, especially adoption by same-sex couples and other campaigns and initiatives like the NOH8 Campaign and others, while keeping a socially active and upper-class lifestyle. According to The Daily Wire, a conservative news website, the Zulocks had become visible online and alleged that LGBTQ+ magazine Out had asked them for permission to publish their story. According to a website of private investigators, the adoption process was "unusually quick" for the Zulocks and it was not known whether the adoption agency had conducted background checks on both men before granting them the custody of the children. The boys had been removed from their parents due to heroin addiction and were living in foster care when they were adopted by William and Zachary Zulock. == Crimes and arrests ==

In 2019, shortly after being granted full custody of the boys, the Zulocks began sexually assaulting, molesting, and raping the two children. They also engaged in the homemade production of child pornography and frequently procured the boys to at least two men in the area who would rape them and receive photos of the children being sexually abused by either William or Zachary. Between 2019 and July 2022, the abuse continued and increased, with Zachary contacting other pedophiles on Snapchat, where he posted taunting and boastful comments, as well as graphic details of what he did to the boys. The couple regularly abused the children, filming and photographing their actions, which they shared with other sexual predators online. Police quickly arrested 25-year-old Luis Vizcarro-Sanchez, who was also accused of soliciting and consuming child sexual abuse material. That same evening of July 22, 2022, the Walton County Police Department and the GBI localized the Zulocks with the help of Walton County School District, which provided information to identify the boys. Law enforcement agencies conducted a search warrant on the Zulocks's residence in Oxford, Georgia, while child and family services from Walton County took the two boys into protective custody. == Legal proceedings ==

William and Zachary Zulock confessed to sexually abusing their two sons that same night. The GBI found extensive evidence of the abuses at the Zulocks's home, including a folder on Zachary's cell phone containing footage and pictures depicting sexual acts on the boys. Among the incriminating files was a video showing the Zulocks forcing the children to perform oral sex on them. Another series of images and videos included a sexual assault on the elder sibling which resulted in an injury to the boy's anus caused by a violent penetration. The evidence included more than seven terabytes of photos and videos of explicit child sexual abuse in different parts of the house, with the newest material recorded 14 days before the arrests. William Zulock did not face a trial, instead choosing to plead guilty to all charges on August 20, 2024. Zachary pled not guilty to the two counts of incest, accepting the rest of the indictment. On October 21, after a brief bench trial, Zachary was found guilty on both counts. District attorney McGinley said that due to the nature of their crimes, the Zulocks will spend the rest of their lives in prison, and that they will never be benefited with parole. == Reactions and aftermath ==

Randy McGinley described the Zulocks's home as a "house of horrors", In her primetime show, The Ingraham Angle, Fox News host Laura Ingraham gave explicit details about the Zulocks's crimes, whom she called "LGBTQ+ activists". Milei later denied comparing gay men to pedophiles or linking the Zulocks's case to all gay men, saying that he "lamented" that "they (gay men) let themselves be used by Party of the State's scumbags who edited the video". Prominent gay Argentines, including from the fields of science, acting, entertainment, politics, and sports, condemned Milei and the usage of an isolated criminal case by gay men to openly attack gays in general. == Analysis ==

Matt Gertz of Media Matters for America accused right-wing influential figures of gay bashing, asserting that these figures "continue to target same-sex couples who want to participate in traditionally conservative institutions like marriage and parenthood." Ingraham interviewed Mia Cathell, a reporter for Townhall who wrote an extensive multipart report about the case for that right-wing website. Cathell expressed that the problem that the story show(ed) was that "a same-sex couple was able to receive services" from an adoption agency. Gertz concluded that the "right's hateful anti-LGBTQ vitriol" and the "GOP cruel legislative efforts in response" have now focused on drag queens and transsexuals. He added that after historic civil rights advances by the gay community, some reporters suggested an increased support for gay, lesbian, and bisexual people among right-wing Americans, with the focus now being on the trans community. In Argentina, Milei's remarks at Davos drew strong criticism and anti-fascism protests. Ernesto Tenembaum wrote on Infobae that Milei and his supporters were deliberately and falsely associating gay men with pedophiles, condemning pro-Milei commentator Agustín Laje for using homophobic rhetoric to describe the 2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Paris, and implying that gay men were "desperate to screw underage children." Tenembaum concluded his opinion piece by asking readers what President Milei wants Argentina to become, arguing that measures against sexual minorities and women put into question the freedom rhetoric by the government and adding that the raising of some questions previously seen as "absurd" in Argentina, were "strikingly beginning to make sense." == Notes ==