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AE: Alex and Trey (Gregory Keith) deal with the presence of the Internet and the threat that cybersex poses to their relationship.
P-IP: In this day and age, we all acknowledge the importance of and the presence that the internet plays in our everyday lives from just regular emails, work emails, and our personal and romantic lives. It was important to deal with that in Noah’s Arc, especially when you’re dealing with gay people where there’s still a stigma attached to being gay for a lot of people. So you have the internet which can be really private and undercover and an easy way for gay people to find each other without necessarily shining a light or highlighting to the world they are gay.

Also, it’s a way to indulge in our fantasies that maybe we don’t want the world to know about. It’s kind of a safe place to explore some of the more interesting aspects of sexuality: straight, gay or whatever. It’s important to explore the role that it plays in a relationship.

AE: I like the fact that there is a same-sex male couple, Chance and Eddie (Jonathan Julian), raising a child on the series.
P-IP: The great thing about Noah’s Arc and about having four main characters is that we can explore all different kinds of situations. And one important issue facing gay people in general is the issue of raising kids. You have a lot of kids up for adoption, kids in need of good homes, and more adoption agencies and state governments opening up their minds to gay adoption. I think as we evolve more and become, as a country, more comfortable with these issues of sexuality it only makes sense that more people will become comfortable and realize that just because I’m gay or lesbian does not mean that I can’t be a parent. Many gay people really want to be parents and they have that opportunity now and that’s just one of the many aspects of gay life we wanted to cover.

AE: As with Punks, Noah’s Arc is set in Los Angeles. Why did you choose to set it there rather than say Chicago, Philadelphia or New York?
P-IP: As a writer, as an artist, I think the easiest thing to do is write what you know.  It’s as simple as I have lived in L.A. for a number of years now. It’s a city I know like the back of my hand, and it’s an interesting one. We don’t often see a lot of shows set here.  There are a lot of shows set in New York and other places but, I’ve rarely seen a show, especially one dealing with gay life, that explores Los Angeles. Everything from Queer As Folk to Will and Grace.

I felt that it was really interesting to set Noah’s Arc here as supposed to some of these other cities. It’s just a rich area, there’s so much going on here, so much diversity and so many different types of communities here. And then you have the entertainment industry which is also set here which can be an interesting backdrop. I love L.A. and I really wanted to set Noah’s Arc here.