Noah's Arc is an American cable television program. Often referred to as a dramedy, the show had integrated socially-relevant issues such as same sex dating, same sex marriage, HIV, sexual curiosity and same sex parenthood. It had parallels to and had been cited as an African-American version of the shows Sex and the City, Queer as Folk and The Golden Girls. The show has also been cited as a gay version of the show Girlfriends.