https://behindthescreen.uk/spider-m...=2ba4740100bc93be8f2f1ec9f6a8f28c#comment-744

A modder by the name of Mike Hawk uploaded to Nexus Mods a mod that replaces the ubiquitously present LGBT pride flags from the streets of New York with USA flags in Spider-Man Remastered. Although replacing might be too strong a word since the mod just changed the load order and made the american flags already present in the game files load instead of the gay pride flag.

In response to the mod, NexusMods.com has reacted by banning both the mod and Mike Hawk from the website. Their admin team would then further react by releasing a site-wide message to all registered users stating that they stood for "inclusivity" and against "hate".

As a satirical response, one other modder released a mod that swaps all of the other USA flags present in the game for gay pride flags instead. This particular mod was permitted to stay up on the site by the Nexus administrators.

The LGBT flag is outlawed in many middle eastern countries. In Saudi Arabia, for example, homosexuality can be punished with chemical castration or execution, one man was sentenced to prison for accidentally hoisting the LGBT flag(https://english.alaraby.co.uk/features/saudi-man-arrested-accidentally-flying-gay-pride-flag) (he did not know what the flag stood for and simply thought it looked pretty). "LGBT propaganda" to minors is also prohibited in Russia, and in China the Socialist government keeps a notoriously tight system of censorship that is very strict about what is allowed to be shown in all forms of media including video games, homosexuality being one of the many taboos. Marvel and Playstation have, nevertheless, chosen to still publish the game in many of those countries(https://steamdb.info/app/1817070/) with the LGBT references removed in their respective localizations. This contradiction has prompted many to joke that the mod shouldn't have been taken down since it was just "the Middle-Eastern localization pack".