'Broad City' Star Ilana Glazer Reveals Pregnancy Let Them 'Be Real' about Being Non-binary

Carrying a child "highlighted both the masculine and feminine inside of me," "Broad City" star Ilana Glazer said in a new interview in which they talked about being non-binary.

"For so long, my masculinity felt like something I had to hide or make a joke of, and my femininity was something that felt like drag," the 37-year-old actor told British newspaper the Independent.

"There was always this element of comedy to it that was limiting my genuine personal experience," Glazer went on to say. "Then this gift of being pregnant made space for me to be real with myself."

The Tony Award-winning producer of Broadway's "A Strange Loop" reflected on having had years of therapy and tied it back to their understanding of their own identity more authentically. Glazer called the realization that they are non-binary "a point in the process of a long journey of self-actualization."

"I'm moving through the world in a way that's truer," Glazer added.

The conversation touched upon political activism, "Broad City" feeling as freewheeling as an improvised comedy might (even though, they said, they and co-star/co-writer/co-producer Abbi Jacobson were "killing ourselves to make this show" and "working 14 hours of the day, 11 months of the year"), and the show being perceived as "feminist."

"I've certainly gained awareness over how politically perceived my work is since," Glazer said, "but I consider it my personal responsibility to keep going deeper in who I am so that I don't get stuck pushing a platform."

"If you're not leading with comedy," Glazer added, "it's propaganda."