'Are you saying that butch lesbians are "uglier" than other women? '
Why are you placing ugly in inverted quotes? Some people are more attractive than others, studies have been performed on for instance dating sites to show which faces get the most clicks, and their proportions, and also in terms of body shapes, hip-waist ratios and so on. It's very obvious that some people are more attractive than others, and in scientific terms we CAN measure this by asking people.
There's a different question of what it MEANS to be attractive, in terms of social relationships, jobs, pay, and so on, but to deny that it exists and has a HUGE impact on our lives is bizarre. It's obvious for example that it be a NEGATIVE for a woman to be too attractive as she may be deemed distracting or whatever.
We KNOW what body/face features are associated with masculinity and which with femininity, that's why there's such a thing as facial feminization surgery, because human beings can INSTANTLY say that a face is female or male based on certain features that we aren't necessarily consciously aware of.
Whether homosexual human beings are PHYSICALLY less gender confirming is one question that scientists should be able to examine, but perhaps not particularly important as no-one is arguing for surgery & hormones for these people. However in the case of transgender people, the argument is that we should change the body through hormones and/or surgery, so it is clearly important to understand WHY these feelings arise, and where they originate from, from the individual and those around them.
"Researching them by . . . objectifying and rating 8 year old boys. Yeah, sure, 'cause everybody knows that 8 year old boys are sexually active and so rating how attractive there are is of vital importance /s. Count me out. Far as I'm concerned, that's one creepy-ass vibe coming from that study."
Why are you talking about sex in the context of 8 year old boys? That's creepy.
It's well-known that people discriminate based on attractiveness, even a very young age, and it's why certain kids get the parts in the school play, appear on the front of the school magazine, etc. - even at very young ages. This is not sexual, you might as well say that a study of the attractiveness of dogs is sexual, because some dogs are very clearly more attractive than others (hence Crufts, etc.)
As a researcher into child gender dysphoria Dr. Zucker is responsible to find answers and your attempt to smear him based on one study out of a lifetime's work is rather risible.
Perhaps better look at the first trans doctor, much beloved of TRAs, Dr John Money en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Money, who setup the first transgender medicine clinic, and wrote approvingly of paedophiles having sex with 11 year olds, and sexually abused twin boys, both of whom went on to kill themselves as a result of his behaviour.
Because your smear on Dr. Zucker is a very weak attempt.