One: the dated idea of the Central West End being synonymous with “gay” - a concept that hit its peak in the seventies and eighties. The remark amused me on a couple of levels. Among the garden-variety homophobic comments posted to the event’s Facebook page, one stuck with me: “Go back to the Central West End.” There was some grumbling in conservative Jefferson County when the 2016 DeSoto Christmas Parade was slated to include the county’s drag bar, Rumors on Ice.