Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25519143-20141229190545/@comment-24639508-20141230034053

It's not due to the actual censors at Disney, it's due to foreign broadcasting laws. Contrary to popular belief, foreign reception can make or break a show. Remember Robotomy? That show that aired on Cartoon Network for a little bit and was paired up next to Adventure Time and Regular Show when they were relatively new? It achieved great ratings, but the show tanked and the entire studio behind it went under and everyone there lost their jobs. Especially considering GF is rumored to be one of (if not the) most expensive animated cartoons currently on, that would be horrible for Disney's animation division as a whole and put a lot of people there unemplyed. Why's that?- A lack of foreign appeal. Plus, foreign branches of networks can deny airing shows for any reason whatsoever. If they included an LGBT character, likely foreign networks (specifically in China or Russia) would deny it, and possibly get the whole network banned. Apparently it's worse for cartoons.

Source(s): (Another source which I forgot.)
 * http://hadamsj.tumblr.com/post/105345746278/novainlustris-nicodiangelzo-can-we-talk