There's nothing that saddens us more than rumors that an institution of homosexual debauchery has gone by the wayside. Is nothing sacred, people? A tipster reports:

I've heard that The Cock on 12th and A has been shut down and boarded up. Say it ain't so! Seriously though, what could have possibly gone down there (pardon the shameless pun) that was bad enough to finally have the place closed down? My friends and I have conjectured it must've been a tax or zoning problem- since we all know that back room blowjobs and blowing coke off a bartender's ass in the bathroom were not an issue. (Or so we'd heard.)

We're hoping this is merely a rumor. We do know for a fact that The Cock was tumescent as ever as recently as last Saturday night.