What fuels transgender backlash?

cnn.com – By Madison Park, CNN

(CNN) — Tuesday’s CNN.com story about transgender children and their families shed light on an emotional topic and provoked strong response.

“Transgender kids: Painful quest to be who they are” centered on identity, gender, health, parenting and child development. It’s not unusual for a popular story on CNN.com to have hundreds or thousands of responses, but the overwhelmingly negative tone of Tuesday’s comments raised the question about the root of the hostility. What exactly provoked such harsh opinions?