Madonna: 'Gay Rights Are Way More Advanced Than Women's Rights'

Madonna opens up for an interview in the latest issue of Out magazine, on newsstands March 17.

Here’s what the 56-year-old superstar had to share with the mag:

On wishing gay males would ask her out: “I didn’t feel like straight men understood me. They just wanted to have sex with me. Gay men understood me, and I felt comfortable around them. There was only that one problem, which is that they didn’t want to have sex with me! So…conundrum! I was like, ‘How am I ever going to get a date? Maybe if I cut my hair and I lose a lot of weight, someone will mistake me for a guy and ask me out.”

On gay rights being ahead of women’s rights: “Gay rights are way more advanced than women’s rights. People are a lot more open-minded to the gay community than they are to women, period… It’s moved along for the gay community, for the African-American community, but women are still just trading on their ass. To me, the last great frontier is women…. Women are still the most marginalized group. You’re still categorized�”you’re still either a virgin or a whore. If you’re a certain age, you’re not allowed to express your sexuality, be single, or date younger men.”

On relating to Joan of Arc: “I can relate�”sometimes I’m getting burned at the stake metaphorically.”

Madonna‘s thirteenth studio album Rebel Heart is available in stores and on iTunes now!

For more from Madonna, visit Out.com.