Post-Colonialism & Queer Theory

Reading the introduction to Post-Colonialism, I met this amazing woman named Gayatri Spivak. So unfortunate, my time and resource was not enough for me to explore her idea. Yet, I made a promise that I will do so.
What interesting in her idea is that the repression happened has been happened since the colonial era. And this colonialism is not merely limited to the historical repression, but broad to the colonization of cultural hegemony. So basically, every repressed culture is a result of colonialism.
More interesting thing came in the point of the creation of the others. So, basically, the hegemony placed them in the top of the world and placed those outside their criteria as the others, and therefore alienated them to prove that they have the power enough to exile others. In other extend, the creation of the others also serve as the matter to show their superiority. This is a matter of comparative. You can’t be called the superior one if there is no the inferior one!
Well, Spivak also said that the third world countries are actually a concept made by the Western world to show their superiority towards Non-Western world. Hence, in this case, the Non-Western world is the other created by the superior one.
But what happened within the Western world themselves? Is there no the others? No, they still have the others within them, such as the immigrant, WOMEN, homosexual, etc.
Yet, reading this concept of the others reminds me of the ancient concept of Yin Yang, which shows the balance of the world. Where there is a black speck within the white part, and vice versa. That there are the others within the superior one, a minority in terms of power or amount.
The development of this theory in turn gave birth to the Queer Theory. (Okay, you guys out there, shut up! This may have something to do with what had happened, but this is quite interesting anyway. And, I will discuss it in general, not specific only to a single matter!)

> What is queer theory? Is this somehow related to the concept of queer as in homosexual?
>> Yeah, you wish! Nope, queer here means strange, outworldly, and dealing with minority.

> Minority? Isn’t that?

>> Well, homosexual is a minority, and so does WOMAN, immigrant, non-westerner, handicapped, and many others!

> Dealing with woman? So, this has something to do with feminism?

>> Well, I could say that their root is similar, post-colonialism.

> Similar? So why should there be this theory, while we already have feminism?

>> Hmm, can say that this is like the umbrella. Feminism deals with woman, while queer theory deals with everything that is ‘queer’ in itself.

> So, what is this queer theory about?

>> This queer theory basically deals with the queer phenomenon, analyzing the phenomenon in depth, or within them. Not to mention that it tries not to compare it to the mainstream culture.

> So, you investigate homosexual without touching about heterosexual, and thus being non-judgmental?

>> Well, you could say so. Or by taking some parts from feminism, it’s not how to have equality in all parts, but recognized and honoring woman’s right, to let woman do what they can do without forcing equality in both party, because by nature, they have been innately different.

> And that’s what happened with Queer As Folk?

>> Aaaargh!!!!!!! Think widely, dude!!!

> This is Queer theory anyway. Queer theory and Queer as Folk. Both have the word queer!!!

>> Aaaaargh!!! Let’s just end this discussion here. I will continue discussing this once I’ve read more Spivak, and once I’ve gotten rid of this nuisance!!!