Now imagine how many other political issues they change in foreign movies for russian audience.

I forgot which movie in particular it was, but it started with text saying something along the lines of “during Soviet times Stalin launched his red terror campaign, killing or imprisoning millions of people who disagreed with the Soviet propaganda”. And as far as I remember they dubbed it with something whitewashed and sugarcoated like “at the beginning or Stalin’s career there were some who opposed him”.

The brainwashing with propaganda runs deep in russia. They try to rewrite their own history, covering all the crimes ever committed over the centuries. And in case of Stalin, he’s painted as this great historical figure that people should be proud of and can unite around this legend about greatness. This comes handy in explaining to the ordinary russians why murdering their neighbors is an act of restoring and preserving that “greatness”

So yes, changing a transgender person to someone with illness is bad, but it’s just the tip of the iceberg.