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Matt Sanchez

2007-03-27T00:35:14Z

Bluemarine: /* Photos */ I added a photo

[[Image:SanchezWithCoulter-w.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez and Ann Coulter at CPAC]]

'''Matthew Sanchez''', or '''Matt Sanchez''' a.k.a. "Rod Majors", (born [[1 December]] [[1970]])<ref>[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&f2=&f1=sanchez&sx=&f9=&f5=&f4=Dec&rg_f3__date=1970&rs_f3__date=0&f6=&f7=&gskw=&prox=1&db=cabirth1905&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=63&recid=19652631&recoff=2+14+15&fsk=CIAAFH8BK7Qx&bsk=&pgoff= California Birth Index] showing "Matthew Sanchez, born 1 Dec 1970, Santa Clara County"</ref> is a [[Columbia University]] student. Before working as an adult film star, he was a [[paralegal]] and an English instructor. He has served in the [[United States Marine Corps]] and is a [[corporal]].

== Biography ==

=== Youth ===
Matt Sanchez was born and raised in San Jose, California. He lived in Madrid, Montreal, and Berlin, where he learned Spanish, French and German respectively. Andy Towle, a gay blogger [http://www.towleroad.com/] and former graduate student at Stanford, claims to have briefly dated Sanchez in 1989.

=== Adult Film Career ===
In the early [[1990s]], Sanchez worked as an adult film performer. First, in [[1992]], as ''Pierre LaBranche'' while working for Robert Russell a.k.a. [[Kristen Bjorn]]. In [[1993]], he traveled to Los Angeles and the studios changed his name to the more universal ''Rod Majors''.

He starred in several bisexual videos for Catalina and [[Falcon Entertainment]]. Sanchez appeared in several films including ''Call of the Wild'' (1992), ''Montreal Men'' (1992), and ''Idol Country'' (released in 1994) and posed for '' Playgirl'' . Sanchez subsequently left the adult film industry, and lived in Germany, Miami, Madrid, and New York.

=== Escorting Controversy ===
Cropped versions of the photos pictured below (without heads), have appeared in both gay and mainstream publications. Talk show host [[Alan Colmes]] cited the image on a web page as well as a phone number. Sanchez has said he too has seen the headless photo in popular sites like ''Manhunt.com'', ''Rentboy.com'', and ''NYPress'' and the ''New York Blade'' especially since the controversy hit the mainstream press. Homosexual bloggers have used this information to call Sanchez a liar. Sanchez told [[Alan Colmes]] that he personally has seen his photos, used without authorization, throughout the country and as far away as Sydney, Australia. Sanchez denies ever placing the ads as a male escort. Sanchez told radio host [[Kevin McCullough]] that "pornography is prostitution", a charge many liberal activists have criticized as hypocritical.

<gallery>
Image:Reeves.jpg|Photo at the center of the escorting allegations. This photo appeared in advertisements in both San Francisco and Sydney, Australia at the same time.
Image:Red_Background.jpg|Escorting Controversy: A headless version of this photo has appeared in the New York Blade as well as a San Francisco, Miami, New York.
</gallery>

=== Other activities before coming to Columbia ===
In the late 1990s, Sanchez left the porn industry, and moved to Berlin for a year. He learned German and worked at ''Time Out Berlin''.



=== Military Career ===

According to the Military Times, Sanchez joined the Marine Corps on May 14, 2003 at the age of 32, and is a refrigeration mechanic. He is currently on Individual Ready Reserve, which holds the stipulations that he receive no pay or benefits and is not obligated to drill, conduct annual training, or participate in any military activities until activated by Presidential Reserve Callup Authority.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individual_Ready_Reserve Wikipedia article on Individual Ready Reserve]</ref> While in the Marines, he was a part of HQ COMPANY 6TH COMM BN 4TH MARDIV, also known as 6th Comm; they are based out of Floyd Bennet Field in Brooklyn, NY. After a stint with 6th Comm, Sanchez took a position at the New York Public Affairs Office of the Marine Corps.

=== Columbia ===
Sanchez is currently a student at Columbia in the [[School of General Studies]] Class of 2007. He has passionately defended veteran rights on campus. In particular, he won won approval for the ''Columbia University War Memorial'', a project that will honor all alumni who have fallen in American conflicts since the War for Independence.

=== Complaints about military bias on Columbia campus ===
Sanchez became well known after criticizing administration officials for failing to take any action following an incident on campus where members of a socialist student group harassed him at a college activities fair. The students said Sanchez was too stupid to realize that the military was taking advantage of him as a minority. He has since become an an outspoken critic of anti-military bias among students, faculty and administration at Columbia. His media career started with an interview in the [[Columbia Spectator]]. After this he appeared on several Fox News television programs, including the O'Reilly Factor and Hannity and Colmes.

=== Adult Film revelation ===
Sanchez attended the 2007 Conservative Political Action Conference where Ann Coulter made her infamous "faggot" insult about John Edwards. He received the Jeane Kirkpatrick Academic Freedom Award and was photographed with Coulter. A number of gay bloggers (including Joe. My. God) recognized Sanchez as a former gay porn star by the name of '''Rod Majors''', as described above. The story, rapidly seized upon by blogs including [[The Bwog]], Datalounge and Gawker, has since been covered by several major news organizations.

When the allegation hit the blogosphere, Sanchez was quick to respond with an op-ed piece he wrote for the liberal-leaning Salon.com blog. Right-wingers David Horowitz (on Front Page Mag) and Michelle Malkin have come out in Sanchez's defense.

== Photos ==
<gallery>
Image:Sanchez2w.jpg|Sanchez on Fox News
Image:SanchezColumbia.jpg|Sanchez on the Columbia campus

* [http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/ Sanchez's blog]
* [http://www.geocities.com/mateo1970/ Sanchez's Facercise page]
* [http://learning-curve.blogspot.com/2007/03/matt-sanchez.html Reaction from former MilVets VP]
* [http://columbia.facebook.com/profile.php?id=112084 Facebook profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010602153926/www.excellent-top.com/Salut.wav Hear Sanchez talk!]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A3NF0551WKCCF8?_encoding=UTF8 Amazon.com book reviews written by Matthew Sanchez]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/01/25/News/A.Firm.Stance-2028984.shtml?norewrite200612152148&sourcedomain=www.columbiaspectator.com Columbia Spectator: the article that started his media career]
* [http://bp3.blogger.com/_t6rV3U9ZEHM/RfCWo9uOemI/AAAAAAAAAlM/raKZRgT03Ag/s1600-h/latinohook.jpg Alleged Manhunt.net profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010124031600/http://excellent-top.com/ Alleged escort website] (NSFW - don't follow this link if you are too young to view adult material)
* [http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/browse.aspx?srchType=rel&sort=0&rel=25&ObjID=5365 Films featuring Rod Majors]
* [http://www.cybermale.com/tla/rodmajors.html Films featuring Rod Majors, even more of them]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538273/bio IMDb profile]
* [http://www.kristenbjorn.com/BBS/LaBranche.html Interview from 1998 about his porn career]

=== External links on the Rod Majors revelation ===
* [http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/03/mcsanchez070309/ Marine Times: Reservist acknowledges gay porn past]
* [http://atkol.com/FORUMS/replies.asp?Forum=3&Topic=8931&ScrollAction=Page+1 Gay video fans voice their suspicions (in December)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imH_J2fcp4Y MSNBC Countdown story]
* [http://www.bwog.net/index.php?page=post&article_id=3235 The Bwog: "Dirty" Sanchez Speaks]
* [http://gawker.com/news/the-gays/rightwing-hero-has-porn-past-claim-gays-241948.php Gawker: Right-Wing Hero Has Porn Past, Claim Gays]
* [http://americablog.blogspot.com/2007/03/alan-colmes-ties-gop-marine-hero.html Sanchez on the Alan Colmes radio show]

[[Category:Students]]
[[Category:Scandals]]

Matt Sanchez

2007-03-27T00:32:45Z

Bluemarine: /* Photos */ Adding photo

[[Image:SanchezWithCoulter-w.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez and Ann Coulter at CPAC]]

'''Matthew Sanchez''', or '''Matt Sanchez''' a.k.a. "Rod Majors", (born [[1 December]] [[1970]])<ref>[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&f2=&f1=sanchez&sx=&f9=&f5=&f4=Dec&rg_f3__date=1970&rs_f3__date=0&f6=&f7=&gskw=&prox=1&db=cabirth1905&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=63&recid=19652631&recoff=2+14+15&fsk=CIAAFH8BK7Qx&bsk=&pgoff= California Birth Index] showing "Matthew Sanchez, born 1 Dec 1970, Santa Clara County"</ref> is a [[Columbia University]] student. Before working as an adult film star, he was a [[paralegal]] and an English instructor. He has served in the [[United States Marine Corps]] and is a [[corporal]].

== Biography ==

=== Youth ===
Matt Sanchez was born and raised in San Jose, California. He lived in Madrid, Montreal, and Berlin, where he learned Spanish, French and German respectively. Andy Towle, a gay blogger [http://www.towleroad.com/] and former graduate student at Stanford, claims to have briefly dated Sanchez in 1989.

=== Adult Film Career ===
In the early [[1990s]], Sanchez worked as an adult film performer. First, in [[1992]], as ''Pierre LaBranche'' while working for Robert Russell a.k.a. [[Kristen Bjorn]]. In [[1993]], he traveled to Los Angeles and the studios changed his name to the more universal ''Rod Majors''.

He starred in several bisexual videos for Catalina and [[Falcon Entertainment]]. Sanchez appeared in several films including ''Call of the Wild'' (1992), ''Montreal Men'' (1992), and ''Idol Country'' (released in 1994) and posed for '' Playgirl'' . Sanchez subsequently left the adult film industry, and lived in Germany, Miami, Madrid, and New York.

=== Escorting Controversy ===
Cropped versions of the photos pictured below (without heads), have appeared in both gay and mainstream publications. Talk show host [[Alan Colmes]] cited the image on a web page as well as a phone number. Sanchez has said he too has seen the headless photo in popular sites like ''Manhunt.com'', ''Rentboy.com'', and ''NYPress'' and the ''New York Blade'' especially since the controversy hit the mainstream press. Homosexual bloggers have used this information to call Sanchez a liar. Sanchez told [[Alan Colmes]] that he personally has seen his photos, used without authorization, throughout the country and as far away as Sydney, Australia. Sanchez denies ever placing the ads as a male escort. Sanchez told radio host [[Kevin McCullough]] that "pornography is prostitution", a charge many liberal activists have criticized as hypocritical.

<gallery>
Image:Reeves.jpg|Photo at the center of the escorting allegations. This photo appeared in advertisements in both San Francisco and Sydney, Australia at the same time.
Image:Red_Background.jpg|Escorting Controversy: A headless version of this photo has appeared in the New York Blade as well as a San Francisco, Miami, New York.
</gallery>

=== Other activities before coming to Columbia ===
In the late 1990s, Sanchez left the porn industry, and moved to Berlin for a year. He learned German and worked at ''Time Out Berlin''.



=== Military Career ===

According to the Military Times, Sanchez joined the Marine Corps on May 14, 2003 at the age of 32, and is a refrigeration mechanic. He is currently on Individual Ready Reserve, which holds the stipulations that he receive no pay or benefits and is not obligated to drill, conduct annual training, or participate in any military activities until activated by Presidential Reserve Callup Authority.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individual_Ready_Reserve Wikipedia article on Individual Ready Reserve]</ref> While in the Marines, he was a part of HQ COMPANY 6TH COMM BN 4TH MARDIV, also known as 6th Comm; they are based out of Floyd Bennet Field in Brooklyn, NY. After a stint with 6th Comm, Sanchez took a position at the New York Public Affairs Office of the Marine Corps.

=== Columbia ===
Sanchez is currently a student at Columbia in the [[School of General Studies]] Class of 2007. He has passionately defended veteran rights on campus. In particular, he won won approval for the ''Columbia University War Memorial'', a project that will honor all alumni who have fallen in American conflicts since the War for Independence.

=== Complaints about military bias on Columbia campus ===
Sanchez became well known after criticizing administration officials for failing to take any action following an incident on campus where members of a socialist student group harassed him at a college activities fair. The students said Sanchez was too stupid to realize that the military was taking advantage of him as a minority. He has since become an an outspoken critic of anti-military bias among students, faculty and administration at Columbia. His media career started with an interview in the [[Columbia Spectator]]. After this he appeared on several Fox News television programs, including the O'Reilly Factor and Hannity and Colmes.

=== Adult Film revelation ===
Sanchez attended the 2007 Conservative Political Action Conference where Ann Coulter made her infamous "faggot" insult about John Edwards. He received the Jeane Kirkpatrick Academic Freedom Award and was photographed with Coulter. A number of gay bloggers (including Joe. My. God) recognized Sanchez as a former gay porn star by the name of '''Rod Majors''', as described above. The story, rapidly seized upon by blogs including [[The Bwog]], Datalounge and Gawker, has since been covered by several major news organizations.

When the allegation hit the blogosphere, Sanchez was quick to respond with an op-ed piece he wrote for the liberal-leaning Salon.com blog. Right-wingers David Horowitz (on Front Page Mag) and Michelle Malkin have come out in Sanchez's defense.

== Photos ==
<gallery>
Image:Sanchez2w.jpg|Sanchez on Fox News
Image:SanchezColumbia.jpg|Sanchez on the Columbia campus
Image:Example.jpg

== External links ==
* [http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/ Sanchez's blog]
* [http://www.geocities.com/mateo1970/ Sanchez's Facercise page]
* [http://learning-curve.blogspot.com/2007/03/matt-sanchez.html Reaction from former MilVets VP]
* [http://columbia.facebook.com/profile.php?id=112084 Facebook profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010602153926/www.excellent-top.com/Salut.wav Hear Sanchez talk!]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A3NF0551WKCCF8?_encoding=UTF8 Amazon.com book reviews written by Matthew Sanchez]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/01/25/News/A.Firm.Stance-2028984.shtml?norewrite200612152148&sourcedomain=www.columbiaspectator.com Columbia Spectator: the article that started his media career]
* [http://bp3.blogger.com/_t6rV3U9ZEHM/RfCWo9uOemI/AAAAAAAAAlM/raKZRgT03Ag/s1600-h/latinohook.jpg Alleged Manhunt.net profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010124031600/http://excellent-top.com/ Alleged escort website] (NSFW - don't follow this link if you are too young to view adult material)
* [http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/browse.aspx?srchType=rel&sort=0&rel=25&ObjID=5365 Films featuring Rod Majors]
* [http://www.cybermale.com/tla/rodmajors.html Films featuring Rod Majors, even more of them]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538273/bio IMDb profile]
* [http://www.kristenbjorn.com/BBS/LaBranche.html Interview from 1998 about his porn career]

=== External links on the Rod Majors revelation ===
* [http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/03/mcsanchez070309/ Marine Times: Reservist acknowledges gay porn past]
* [http://atkol.com/FORUMS/replies.asp?Forum=3&Topic=8931&ScrollAction=Page+1 Gay video fans voice their suspicions (in December)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imH_J2fcp4Y MSNBC Countdown story]
* [http://www.bwog.net/index.php?page=post&article_id=3235 The Bwog: "Dirty" Sanchez Speaks]
* [http://gawker.com/news/the-gays/rightwing-hero-has-porn-past-claim-gays-241948.php Gawker: Right-Wing Hero Has Porn Past, Claim Gays]
* [http://americablog.blogspot.com/2007/03/alan-colmes-ties-gop-marine-hero.html Sanchez on the Alan Colmes radio show]

[[Category:Students]]
[[Category:Scandals]]

Matt Sanchez

2007-03-27T00:32:07Z

Bluemarine: /* Photos */

[[Image:SanchezWithCoulter-w.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez and Ann Coulter at CPAC]]

'''Matthew Sanchez''', or '''Matt Sanchez''' a.k.a. "Rod Majors", (born [[1 December]] [[1970]])<ref>[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&f2=&f1=sanchez&sx=&f9=&f5=&f4=Dec&rg_f3__date=1970&rs_f3__date=0&f6=&f7=&gskw=&prox=1&db=cabirth1905&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=63&recid=19652631&recoff=2+14+15&fsk=CIAAFH8BK7Qx&bsk=&pgoff= California Birth Index] showing "Matthew Sanchez, born 1 Dec 1970, Santa Clara County"</ref> is a [[Columbia University]] student. Before working as an adult film star, he was a [[paralegal]] and an English instructor. He has served in the [[United States Marine Corps]] and is a [[corporal]].

== Biography ==

=== Youth ===
Matt Sanchez was born and raised in San Jose, California. He lived in Madrid, Montreal, and Berlin, where he learned Spanish, French and German respectively. Andy Towle, a gay blogger [http://www.towleroad.com/] and former graduate student at Stanford, claims to have briefly dated Sanchez in 1989.

=== Adult Film Career ===
In the early [[1990s]], Sanchez worked as an adult film performer. First, in [[1992]], as ''Pierre LaBranche'' while working for Robert Russell a.k.a. [[Kristen Bjorn]]. In [[1993]], he traveled to Los Angeles and the studios changed his name to the more universal ''Rod Majors''.

He starred in several bisexual videos for Catalina and [[Falcon Entertainment]]. Sanchez appeared in several films including ''Call of the Wild'' (1992), ''Montreal Men'' (1992), and ''Idol Country'' (released in 1994) and posed for '' Playgirl'' . Sanchez subsequently left the adult film industry, and lived in Germany, Miami, Madrid, and New York.

=== Escorting Controversy ===
Cropped versions of the photos pictured below (without heads), have appeared in both gay and mainstream publications. Talk show host [[Alan Colmes]] cited the image on a web page as well as a phone number. Sanchez has said he too has seen the headless photo in popular sites like ''Manhunt.com'', ''Rentboy.com'', and ''NYPress'' and the ''New York Blade'' especially since the controversy hit the mainstream press. Homosexual bloggers have used this information to call Sanchez a liar. Sanchez told [[Alan Colmes]] that he personally has seen his photos, used without authorization, throughout the country and as far away as Sydney, Australia. Sanchez denies ever placing the ads as a male escort. Sanchez told radio host [[Kevin McCullough]] that "pornography is prostitution", a charge many liberal activists have criticized as hypocritical.

<gallery>
Image:Reeves.jpg|Photo at the center of the escorting allegations. This photo appeared in advertisements in both San Francisco and Sydney, Australia at the same time.
Image:Red_Background.jpg|Escorting Controversy: A headless version of this photo has appeared in the New York Blade as well as a San Francisco, Miami, New York.
</gallery>

=== Other activities before coming to Columbia ===
In the late 1990s, Sanchez left the porn industry, and moved to Berlin for a year. He learned German and worked at ''Time Out Berlin''.



=== Military Career ===

According to the Military Times, Sanchez joined the Marine Corps on May 14, 2003 at the age of 32, and is a refrigeration mechanic. He is currently on Individual Ready Reserve, which holds the stipulations that he receive no pay or benefits and is not obligated to drill, conduct annual training, or participate in any military activities until activated by Presidential Reserve Callup Authority.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individual_Ready_Reserve Wikipedia article on Individual Ready Reserve]</ref> While in the Marines, he was a part of HQ COMPANY 6TH COMM BN 4TH MARDIV, also known as 6th Comm; they are based out of Floyd Bennet Field in Brooklyn, NY. After a stint with 6th Comm, Sanchez took a position at the New York Public Affairs Office of the Marine Corps.

=== Columbia ===
Sanchez is currently a student at Columbia in the [[School of General Studies]] Class of 2007. He has passionately defended veteran rights on campus. In particular, he won won approval for the ''Columbia University War Memorial'', a project that will honor all alumni who have fallen in American conflicts since the War for Independence.

=== Complaints about military bias on Columbia campus ===
Sanchez became well known after criticizing administration officials for failing to take any action following an incident on campus where members of a socialist student group harassed him at a college activities fair. The students said Sanchez was too stupid to realize that the military was taking advantage of him as a minority. He has since become an an outspoken critic of anti-military bias among students, faculty and administration at Columbia. His media career started with an interview in the [[Columbia Spectator]]. After this he appeared on several Fox News television programs, including the O'Reilly Factor and Hannity and Colmes.

=== Adult Film revelation ===
Sanchez attended the 2007 Conservative Political Action Conference where Ann Coulter made her infamous "faggot" insult about John Edwards. He received the Jeane Kirkpatrick Academic Freedom Award and was photographed with Coulter. A number of gay bloggers (including Joe. My. God) recognized Sanchez as a former gay porn star by the name of '''Rod Majors''', as described above. The story, rapidly seized upon by blogs including [[The Bwog]], Datalounge and Gawker, has since been covered by several major news organizations.

When the allegation hit the blogosphere, Sanchez was quick to respond with an op-ed piece he wrote for the liberal-leaning Salon.com blog. Right-wingers David Horowitz (on Front Page Mag) and Michelle Malkin have come out in Sanchez's defense.

== Photos ==
<gallery>
Image:Sanchez2w.jpg|Sanchez on Fox News
Image:SanchezColumbia.jpg|Sanchez on the Columbia campus
[[Image:Example.jpg]]

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==
* [http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/ Sanchez's blog]
* [http://www.geocities.com/mateo1970/ Sanchez's Facercise page]
* [http://learning-curve.blogspot.com/2007/03/matt-sanchez.html Reaction from former MilVets VP]
* [http://columbia.facebook.com/profile.php?id=112084 Facebook profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010602153926/www.excellent-top.com/Salut.wav Hear Sanchez talk!]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A3NF0551WKCCF8?_encoding=UTF8 Amazon.com book reviews written by Matthew Sanchez]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/01/25/News/A.Firm.Stance-2028984.shtml?norewrite200612152148&sourcedomain=www.columbiaspectator.com Columbia Spectator: the article that started his media career]
* [http://bp3.blogger.com/_t6rV3U9ZEHM/RfCWo9uOemI/AAAAAAAAAlM/raKZRgT03Ag/s1600-h/latinohook.jpg Alleged Manhunt.net profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010124031600/http://excellent-top.com/ Alleged escort website] (NSFW - don't follow this link if you are too young to view adult material)
* [http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/browse.aspx?srchType=rel&sort=0&rel=25&ObjID=5365 Films featuring Rod Majors]
* [http://www.cybermale.com/tla/rodmajors.html Films featuring Rod Majors, even more of them]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538273/bio IMDb profile]
* [http://www.kristenbjorn.com/BBS/LaBranche.html Interview from 1998 about his porn career]

=== External links on the Rod Majors revelation ===
* [http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/03/mcsanchez070309/ Marine Times: Reservist acknowledges gay porn past]
* [http://atkol.com/FORUMS/replies.asp?Forum=3&Topic=8931&ScrollAction=Page+1 Gay video fans voice their suspicions (in December)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imH_J2fcp4Y MSNBC Countdown story]
* [http://www.bwog.net/index.php?page=post&article_id=3235 The Bwog: "Dirty" Sanchez Speaks]
* [http://gawker.com/news/the-gays/rightwing-hero-has-porn-past-claim-gays-241948.php Gawker: Right-Wing Hero Has Porn Past, Claim Gays]
* [http://americablog.blogspot.com/2007/03/alan-colmes-ties-gop-marine-hero.html Sanchez on the Alan Colmes radio show]

[[Category:Students]]
[[Category:Scandals]]

Matt Sanchez

2007-03-27T00:29:10Z

Bluemarine: /* Adult Film revelation */ Changed Porn to Adult Films

[[Image:SanchezWithCoulter-w.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez and Ann Coulter at CPAC]]

'''Matthew Sanchez''', or '''Matt Sanchez''' a.k.a. "Rod Majors", (born [[1 December]] [[1970]])<ref>[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&f2=&f1=sanchez&sx=&f9=&f5=&f4=Dec&rg_f3__date=1970&rs_f3__date=0&f6=&f7=&gskw=&prox=1&db=cabirth1905&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=63&recid=19652631&recoff=2+14+15&fsk=CIAAFH8BK7Qx&bsk=&pgoff= California Birth Index] showing "Matthew Sanchez, born 1 Dec 1970, Santa Clara County"</ref> is a [[Columbia University]] student. Before working as an adult film star, he was a [[paralegal]] and an English instructor. He has served in the [[United States Marine Corps]] and is a [[corporal]].

== Biography ==

=== Youth ===
Matt Sanchez was born and raised in San Jose, California. He lived in Madrid, Montreal, and Berlin, where he learned Spanish, French and German respectively. Andy Towle, a gay blogger [http://www.towleroad.com/] and former graduate student at Stanford, claims to have briefly dated Sanchez in 1989.

=== Adult Film Career ===
In the early [[1990s]], Sanchez worked as an adult film performer. First, in [[1992]], as ''Pierre LaBranche'' while working for Robert Russell a.k.a. [[Kristen Bjorn]]. In [[1993]], he traveled to Los Angeles and the studios changed his name to the more universal ''Rod Majors''.

He starred in several bisexual videos for Catalina and [[Falcon Entertainment]]. Sanchez appeared in several films including ''Call of the Wild'' (1992), ''Montreal Men'' (1992), and ''Idol Country'' (released in 1994) and posed for '' Playgirl'' . Sanchez subsequently left the adult film industry, and lived in Germany, Miami, Madrid, and New York.

=== Escorting Controversy ===
Cropped versions of the photos pictured below (without heads), have appeared in both gay and mainstream publications. Talk show host [[Alan Colmes]] cited the image on a web page as well as a phone number. Sanchez has said he too has seen the headless photo in popular sites like ''Manhunt.com'', ''Rentboy.com'', and ''NYPress'' and the ''New York Blade'' especially since the controversy hit the mainstream press. Homosexual bloggers have used this information to call Sanchez a liar. Sanchez told [[Alan Colmes]] that he personally has seen his photos, used without authorization, throughout the country and as far away as Sydney, Australia. Sanchez denies ever placing the ads as a male escort. Sanchez told radio host [[Kevin McCullough]] that "pornography is prostitution", a charge many liberal activists have criticized as hypocritical.

<gallery>
Image:Reeves.jpg|Photo at the center of the escorting allegations. This photo appeared in advertisements in both San Francisco and Sydney, Australia at the same time.
Image:Red_Background.jpg|Escorting Controversy: A headless version of this photo has appeared in the New York Blade as well as a San Francisco, Miami, New York.
</gallery>

=== Other activities before coming to Columbia ===
In the late 1990s, Sanchez left the porn industry, and moved to Berlin for a year. He learned German and worked at ''Time Out Berlin''.



=== Military Career ===

According to the Military Times, Sanchez joined the Marine Corps on May 14, 2003 at the age of 32, and is a refrigeration mechanic. He is currently on Individual Ready Reserve, which holds the stipulations that he receive no pay or benefits and is not obligated to drill, conduct annual training, or participate in any military activities until activated by Presidential Reserve Callup Authority.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individual_Ready_Reserve Wikipedia article on Individual Ready Reserve]</ref> While in the Marines, he was a part of HQ COMPANY 6TH COMM BN 4TH MARDIV, also known as 6th Comm; they are based out of Floyd Bennet Field in Brooklyn, NY. After a stint with 6th Comm, Sanchez took a position at the New York Public Affairs Office of the Marine Corps.

=== Columbia ===
Sanchez is currently a student at Columbia in the [[School of General Studies]] Class of 2007. He has passionately defended veteran rights on campus. In particular, he won won approval for the ''Columbia University War Memorial'', a project that will honor all alumni who have fallen in American conflicts since the War for Independence.

=== Complaints about military bias on Columbia campus ===
Sanchez became well known after criticizing administration officials for failing to take any action following an incident on campus where members of a socialist student group harassed him at a college activities fair. The students said Sanchez was too stupid to realize that the military was taking advantage of him as a minority. He has since become an an outspoken critic of anti-military bias among students, faculty and administration at Columbia. His media career started with an interview in the [[Columbia Spectator]]. After this he appeared on several Fox News television programs, including the O'Reilly Factor and Hannity and Colmes.

=== Adult Film revelation ===
Sanchez attended the 2007 Conservative Political Action Conference where Ann Coulter made her infamous "faggot" insult about John Edwards. He received the Jeane Kirkpatrick Academic Freedom Award and was photographed with Coulter. A number of gay bloggers (including Joe. My. God) recognized Sanchez as a former gay porn star by the name of '''Rod Majors''', as described above. The story, rapidly seized upon by blogs including [[The Bwog]], Datalounge and Gawker, has since been covered by several major news organizations.

When the allegation hit the blogosphere, Sanchez was quick to respond with an op-ed piece he wrote for the liberal-leaning Salon.com blog. Right-wingers David Horowitz (on Front Page Mag) and Michelle Malkin have come out in Sanchez's defense.

== Photos ==
<gallery>
Image:Sanchez2w.jpg|Sanchez on Fox News
Image:SanchezColumbia.jpg|Sanchez on the Columbia campus
</gallery>

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==
* [http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/ Sanchez's blog]
* [http://www.geocities.com/mateo1970/ Sanchez's Facercise page]
* [http://learning-curve.blogspot.com/2007/03/matt-sanchez.html Reaction from former MilVets VP]
* [http://columbia.facebook.com/profile.php?id=112084 Facebook profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010602153926/www.excellent-top.com/Salut.wav Hear Sanchez talk!]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A3NF0551WKCCF8?_encoding=UTF8 Amazon.com book reviews written by Matthew Sanchez]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/01/25/News/A.Firm.Stance-2028984.shtml?norewrite200612152148&sourcedomain=www.columbiaspectator.com Columbia Spectator: the article that started his media career]
* [http://bp3.blogger.com/_t6rV3U9ZEHM/RfCWo9uOemI/AAAAAAAAAlM/raKZRgT03Ag/s1600-h/latinohook.jpg Alleged Manhunt.net profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010124031600/http://excellent-top.com/ Alleged escort website] (NSFW - don't follow this link if you are too young to view adult material)
* [http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/browse.aspx?srchType=rel&sort=0&rel=25&ObjID=5365 Films featuring Rod Majors]
* [http://www.cybermale.com/tla/rodmajors.html Films featuring Rod Majors, even more of them]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538273/bio IMDb profile]
* [http://www.kristenbjorn.com/BBS/LaBranche.html Interview from 1998 about his porn career]

=== External links on the Rod Majors revelation ===
* [http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/03/mcsanchez070309/ Marine Times: Reservist acknowledges gay porn past]
* [http://atkol.com/FORUMS/replies.asp?Forum=3&Topic=8931&ScrollAction=Page+1 Gay video fans voice their suspicions (in December)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imH_J2fcp4Y MSNBC Countdown story]
* [http://www.bwog.net/index.php?page=post&article_id=3235 The Bwog: "Dirty" Sanchez Speaks]
* [http://gawker.com/news/the-gays/rightwing-hero-has-porn-past-claim-gays-241948.php Gawker: Right-Wing Hero Has Porn Past, Claim Gays]
* [http://americablog.blogspot.com/2007/03/alan-colmes-ties-gop-marine-hero.html Sanchez on the Alan Colmes radio show]

[[Category:Students]]
[[Category:Scandals]]

Matt Sanchez

2007-03-27T00:26:42Z

Bluemarine: /* Other activities before coming to Columbia */ took out the allegedly and supplied facts

[[Image:SanchezWithCoulter-w.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez and Ann Coulter at CPAC]]

'''Matthew Sanchez''', or '''Matt Sanchez''' a.k.a. "Rod Majors", (born [[1 December]] [[1970]])<ref>[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&f2=&f1=sanchez&sx=&f9=&f5=&f4=Dec&rg_f3__date=1970&rs_f3__date=0&f6=&f7=&gskw=&prox=1&db=cabirth1905&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=63&recid=19652631&recoff=2+14+15&fsk=CIAAFH8BK7Qx&bsk=&pgoff= California Birth Index] showing "Matthew Sanchez, born 1 Dec 1970, Santa Clara County"</ref> is a [[Columbia University]] student. Before working as an adult film star, he was a [[paralegal]] and an English instructor. He has served in the [[United States Marine Corps]] and is a [[corporal]].

== Biography ==

=== Youth ===
Matt Sanchez was born and raised in San Jose, California. He lived in Madrid, Montreal, and Berlin, where he learned Spanish, French and German respectively. Andy Towle, a gay blogger [http://www.towleroad.com/] and former graduate student at Stanford, claims to have briefly dated Sanchez in 1989.

=== Adult Film Career ===
In the early [[1990s]], Sanchez worked as an adult film performer. First, in [[1992]], as ''Pierre LaBranche'' while working for Robert Russell a.k.a. [[Kristen Bjorn]]. In [[1993]], he traveled to Los Angeles and the studios changed his name to the more universal ''Rod Majors''.

He starred in several bisexual videos for Catalina and [[Falcon Entertainment]]. Sanchez appeared in several films including ''Call of the Wild'' (1992), ''Montreal Men'' (1992), and ''Idol Country'' (released in 1994) and posed for '' Playgirl'' . Sanchez subsequently left the adult film industry, and lived in Germany, Miami, Madrid, and New York.

=== Escorting Controversy ===
Cropped versions of the photos pictured below (without heads), have appeared in both gay and mainstream publications. Talk show host [[Alan Colmes]] cited the image on a web page as well as a phone number. Sanchez has said he too has seen the headless photo in popular sites like ''Manhunt.com'', ''Rentboy.com'', and ''NYPress'' and the ''New York Blade'' especially since the controversy hit the mainstream press. Homosexual bloggers have used this information to call Sanchez a liar. Sanchez told [[Alan Colmes]] that he personally has seen his photos, used without authorization, throughout the country and as far away as Sydney, Australia. Sanchez denies ever placing the ads as a male escort. Sanchez told radio host [[Kevin McCullough]] that "pornography is prostitution", a charge many liberal activists have criticized as hypocritical.

<gallery>
Image:Reeves.jpg|Photo at the center of the escorting allegations. This photo appeared in advertisements in both San Francisco and Sydney, Australia at the same time.
Image:Red_Background.jpg|Escorting Controversy: A headless version of this photo has appeared in the New York Blade as well as a San Francisco, Miami, New York.
</gallery>

=== Other activities before coming to Columbia ===
In the late 1990s, Sanchez left the porn industry, and moved to Berlin for a year. He learned German and worked at ''Time Out Berlin''.



=== Military Career ===

According to the Military Times, Sanchez joined the Marine Corps on May 14, 2003 at the age of 32, and is a refrigeration mechanic. He is currently on Individual Ready Reserve, which holds the stipulations that he receive no pay or benefits and is not obligated to drill, conduct annual training, or participate in any military activities until activated by Presidential Reserve Callup Authority.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individual_Ready_Reserve Wikipedia article on Individual Ready Reserve]</ref> While in the Marines, he was a part of HQ COMPANY 6TH COMM BN 4TH MARDIV, also known as 6th Comm; they are based out of Floyd Bennet Field in Brooklyn, NY. After a stint with 6th Comm, Sanchez took a position at the New York Public Affairs Office of the Marine Corps.

=== Columbia ===
Sanchez is currently a student at Columbia in the [[School of General Studies]] Class of 2007. He has passionately defended veteran rights on campus. In particular, he won won approval for the ''Columbia University War Memorial'', a project that will honor all alumni who have fallen in American conflicts since the War for Independence.

=== Complaints about military bias on Columbia campus ===
Sanchez became well known after criticizing administration officials for failing to take any action following an incident on campus where members of a socialist student group harassed him at a college activities fair. The students said Sanchez was too stupid to realize that the military was taking advantage of him as a minority. He has since become an an outspoken critic of anti-military bias among students, faculty and administration at Columbia. His media career started with an interview in the [[Columbia Spectator]]. After this he appeared on several Fox News television programs, including the O'Reilly Factor and Hannity and Colmes.

=== Porn star revelation ===
Sanchez attended the 2007 Conservative Political Action Conference where Ann Coulter made her infamous "faggot" insult about John Edwards. He received the Jeane Kirkpatrick Academic Freedom Award and was photographed with Coulter. A number of gay bloggers (including Joe. My. God) recognized Sanchez as a former gay porn star by the name of '''Rod Majors''', as described above. The story, rapidly seized upon by blogs including [[The Bwog]], Datalounge and Gawker, has since been covered by several major news organizations.

When the allegation hit the blogosphere, Sanchez was quick to respond with an op-ed piece he wrote for the liberal-leaning Salon.com blog. Right-wingers David Horowitz (on Front Page Mag) and Michelle Malkin have come out in Sanchez's defense.

== Photos ==
<gallery>
Image:Sanchez2w.jpg|Sanchez on Fox News
Image:SanchezColumbia.jpg|Sanchez on the Columbia campus
</gallery>

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==
* [http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/ Sanchez's blog]
* [http://www.geocities.com/mateo1970/ Sanchez's Facercise page]
* [http://learning-curve.blogspot.com/2007/03/matt-sanchez.html Reaction from former MilVets VP]
* [http://columbia.facebook.com/profile.php?id=112084 Facebook profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010602153926/www.excellent-top.com/Salut.wav Hear Sanchez talk!]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A3NF0551WKCCF8?_encoding=UTF8 Amazon.com book reviews written by Matthew Sanchez]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/01/25/News/A.Firm.Stance-2028984.shtml?norewrite200612152148&sourcedomain=www.columbiaspectator.com Columbia Spectator: the article that started his media career]
* [http://bp3.blogger.com/_t6rV3U9ZEHM/RfCWo9uOemI/AAAAAAAAAlM/raKZRgT03Ag/s1600-h/latinohook.jpg Alleged Manhunt.net profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010124031600/http://excellent-top.com/ Alleged escort website] (NSFW - don't follow this link if you are too young to view adult material)
* [http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/browse.aspx?srchType=rel&sort=0&rel=25&ObjID=5365 Films featuring Rod Majors]
* [http://www.cybermale.com/tla/rodmajors.html Films featuring Rod Majors, even more of them]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538273/bio IMDb profile]
* [http://www.kristenbjorn.com/BBS/LaBranche.html Interview from 1998 about his porn career]

=== External links on the Rod Majors revelation ===
* [http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/03/mcsanchez070309/ Marine Times: Reservist acknowledges gay porn past]
* [http://atkol.com/FORUMS/replies.asp?Forum=3&Topic=8931&ScrollAction=Page+1 Gay video fans voice their suspicions (in December)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imH_J2fcp4Y MSNBC Countdown story]
* [http://www.bwog.net/index.php?page=post&article_id=3235 The Bwog: "Dirty" Sanchez Speaks]
* [http://gawker.com/news/the-gays/rightwing-hero-has-porn-past-claim-gays-241948.php Gawker: Right-Wing Hero Has Porn Past, Claim Gays]
* [http://americablog.blogspot.com/2007/03/alan-colmes-ties-gop-marine-hero.html Sanchez on the Alan Colmes radio show]

[[Category:Students]]
[[Category:Scandals]]

Matt Sanchez

2007-03-27T00:25:09Z

Bluemarine: /* Escort Controversy*/

[[Image:SanchezWithCoulter-w.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez and Ann Coulter at CPAC]]

'''Matthew Sanchez''', or '''Matt Sanchez''' a.k.a. "Rod Majors", (born [[1 December]] [[1970]])<ref>[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&f2=&f1=sanchez&sx=&f9=&f5=&f4=Dec&rg_f3__date=1970&rs_f3__date=0&f6=&f7=&gskw=&prox=1&db=cabirth1905&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=63&recid=19652631&recoff=2+14+15&fsk=CIAAFH8BK7Qx&bsk=&pgoff= California Birth Index] showing "Matthew Sanchez, born 1 Dec 1970, Santa Clara County"</ref> is a [[Columbia University]] student. Before working as an adult film star, he was a [[paralegal]] and an English instructor. He has served in the [[United States Marine Corps]] and is a [[corporal]].

== Biography ==

=== Youth ===
Matt Sanchez was born and raised in San Jose, California. He lived in Madrid, Montreal, and Berlin, where he learned Spanish, French and German respectively. Andy Towle, a gay blogger [http://www.towleroad.com/] and former graduate student at Stanford, claims to have briefly dated Sanchez in 1989.

=== Adult Film Career ===
In the early [[1990s]], Sanchez worked as an adult film performer. First, in [[1992]], as ''Pierre LaBranche'' while working for Robert Russell a.k.a. [[Kristen Bjorn]]. In [[1993]], he traveled to Los Angeles and the studios changed his name to the more universal ''Rod Majors''.

He starred in several bisexual videos for Catalina and [[Falcon Entertainment]]. Sanchez appeared in several films including ''Call of the Wild'' (1992), ''Montreal Men'' (1992), and ''Idol Country'' (released in 1994) and posed for '' Playgirl'' . Sanchez subsequently left the adult film industry, and lived in Germany, Miami, Madrid, and New York.

=== Escorting Controversy ===
Cropped versions of the photos pictured below (without heads), have appeared in both gay and mainstream publications. Talk show host [[Alan Colmes]] cited the image on a web page as well as a phone number. Sanchez has said he too has seen the headless photo in popular sites like ''Manhunt.com'', ''Rentboy.com'', and ''NYPress'' and the ''New York Blade'' especially since the controversy hit the mainstream press. Homosexual bloggers have used this information to call Sanchez a liar. Sanchez told [[Alan Colmes]] that he personally has seen his photos, used without authorization, throughout the country and as far away as Sydney, Australia. Sanchez denies ever placing the ads as a male escort. Sanchez told radio host [[Kevin McCullough]] that "pornography is prostitution", a charge many liberal activists have criticized as hypocritical.

<gallery>
Image:Reeves.jpg|Photo at the center of the escorting allegations. This photo appeared in advertisements in both San Francisco and Sydney, Australia at the same time.
Image:Red_Background.jpg|Escorting Controversy: A headless version of this photo has appeared in the New York Blade as well as a San Francisco, Miami, New York.
</gallery>

=== Other activities before coming to Columbia ===
In the late 1990s, Sanchez left the porn industry, and moved to Berlin for a year. He learned German and allegedly worked at ''Time Out Berlin''. He continued working as an escort during his time in Berlin.


=== Military Career ===

According to the Military Times, Sanchez joined the Marine Corps on May 14, 2003 at the age of 32, and is a refrigeration mechanic. He is currently on Individual Ready Reserve, which holds the stipulations that he receive no pay or benefits and is not obligated to drill, conduct annual training, or participate in any military activities until activated by Presidential Reserve Callup Authority.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individual_Ready_Reserve Wikipedia article on Individual Ready Reserve]</ref> While in the Marines, he was a part of HQ COMPANY 6TH COMM BN 4TH MARDIV, also known as 6th Comm; they are based out of Floyd Bennet Field in Brooklyn, NY. After a stint with 6th Comm, Sanchez took a position at the New York Public Affairs Office of the Marine Corps.

=== Columbia ===
Sanchez is currently a student at Columbia in the [[School of General Studies]] Class of 2007. He has passionately defended veteran rights on campus. In particular, he won won approval for the ''Columbia University War Memorial'', a project that will honor all alumni who have fallen in American conflicts since the War for Independence.

=== Complaints about military bias on Columbia campus ===
Sanchez became well known after criticizing administration officials for failing to take any action following an incident on campus where members of a socialist student group harassed him at a college activities fair. The students said Sanchez was too stupid to realize that the military was taking advantage of him as a minority. He has since become an an outspoken critic of anti-military bias among students, faculty and administration at Columbia. His media career started with an interview in the [[Columbia Spectator]]. After this he appeared on several Fox News television programs, including the O'Reilly Factor and Hannity and Colmes.

=== Porn star revelation ===
Sanchez attended the 2007 Conservative Political Action Conference where Ann Coulter made her infamous "faggot" insult about John Edwards. He received the Jeane Kirkpatrick Academic Freedom Award and was photographed with Coulter. A number of gay bloggers (including Joe. My. God) recognized Sanchez as a former gay porn star by the name of '''Rod Majors''', as described above. The story, rapidly seized upon by blogs including [[The Bwog]], Datalounge and Gawker, has since been covered by several major news organizations.

When the allegation hit the blogosphere, Sanchez was quick to respond with an op-ed piece he wrote for the liberal-leaning Salon.com blog. Right-wingers David Horowitz (on Front Page Mag) and Michelle Malkin have come out in Sanchez's defense.

== Photos ==
<gallery>
Image:Sanchez2w.jpg|Sanchez on Fox News
Image:SanchezColumbia.jpg|Sanchez on the Columbia campus
</gallery>

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==
* [http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/ Sanchez's blog]
* [http://www.geocities.com/mateo1970/ Sanchez's Facercise page]
* [http://learning-curve.blogspot.com/2007/03/matt-sanchez.html Reaction from former MilVets VP]
* [http://columbia.facebook.com/profile.php?id=112084 Facebook profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010602153926/www.excellent-top.com/Salut.wav Hear Sanchez talk!]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A3NF0551WKCCF8?_encoding=UTF8 Amazon.com book reviews written by Matthew Sanchez]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/01/25/News/A.Firm.Stance-2028984.shtml?norewrite200612152148&sourcedomain=www.columbiaspectator.com Columbia Spectator: the article that started his media career]
* [http://bp3.blogger.com/_t6rV3U9ZEHM/RfCWo9uOemI/AAAAAAAAAlM/raKZRgT03Ag/s1600-h/latinohook.jpg Alleged Manhunt.net profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010124031600/http://excellent-top.com/ Alleged escort website] (NSFW - don't follow this link if you are too young to view adult material)
* [http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/browse.aspx?srchType=rel&sort=0&rel=25&ObjID=5365 Films featuring Rod Majors]
* [http://www.cybermale.com/tla/rodmajors.html Films featuring Rod Majors, even more of them]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538273/bio IMDb profile]
* [http://www.kristenbjorn.com/BBS/LaBranche.html Interview from 1998 about his porn career]

=== External links on the Rod Majors revelation ===
* [http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/03/mcsanchez070309/ Marine Times: Reservist acknowledges gay porn past]
* [http://atkol.com/FORUMS/replies.asp?Forum=3&Topic=8931&ScrollAction=Page+1 Gay video fans voice their suspicions (in December)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imH_J2fcp4Y MSNBC Countdown story]
* [http://www.bwog.net/index.php?page=post&article_id=3235 The Bwog: "Dirty" Sanchez Speaks]
* [http://gawker.com/news/the-gays/rightwing-hero-has-porn-past-claim-gays-241948.php Gawker: Right-Wing Hero Has Porn Past, Claim Gays]
* [http://americablog.blogspot.com/2007/03/alan-colmes-ties-gop-marine-hero.html Sanchez on the Alan Colmes radio show]

[[Category:Students]]
[[Category:Scandals]]

Matt Sanchez

2007-03-27T00:23:51Z

Bluemarine: /* Adult Film Career */

[[Image:SanchezWithCoulter-w.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez and Ann Coulter at CPAC]]

'''Matthew Sanchez''', or '''Matt Sanchez''' a.k.a. "Rod Majors", (born [[1 December]] [[1970]])<ref>[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&f2=&f1=sanchez&sx=&f9=&f5=&f4=Dec&rg_f3__date=1970&rs_f3__date=0&f6=&f7=&gskw=&prox=1&db=cabirth1905&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=63&recid=19652631&recoff=2+14+15&fsk=CIAAFH8BK7Qx&bsk=&pgoff= California Birth Index] showing "Matthew Sanchez, born 1 Dec 1970, Santa Clara County"</ref> is a [[Columbia University]] student. Before working as an adult film star, he was a [[paralegal]] and an English instructor. He has served in the [[United States Marine Corps]] and is a [[corporal]].

== Biography ==

=== Youth ===
Matt Sanchez was born and raised in San Jose, California. He lived in Madrid, Montreal, and Berlin, where he learned Spanish, French and German respectively. Andy Towle, a gay blogger [http://www.towleroad.com/] and former graduate student at Stanford, claims to have briefly dated Sanchez in 1989.

=== Adult Film Career ===
In the early [[1990s]], Sanchez worked as an adult film performer. First, in [[1992]], as ''Pierre LaBranche'' while working for Robert Russell a.k.a. [[Kristen Bjorn]]. In [[1993]], he traveled to Los Angeles and the studios changed his name to the more universal ''Rod Majors''.

He starred in several bisexual videos for Catalina and [[Falcon Entertainment]]. Sanchez appeared in several films including ''Call of the Wild'' (1992), ''Montreal Men'' (1992), and ''Idol Country'' (released in 1994) and posed for '' Playgirl'' . Sanchez subsequently left the adult film industry, and lived in Germany, Miami, Madrid, and New York.

=== Escort career ===
In addition to his career in porn, Matt Sanchez worked as a male escort. He alleged to have worked in 4 major US cities, charging $300-$350 per session. In an article for Salon.com, he wrote, "Others were comparing me to Jeff Gannon and claiming that I too had advertised my services as a male escort. I won't deny it."

Sanchez regularly advertised in his escorting services in New York's weekly gay publications and via the Internet, going under the pseudonym "Excellent Top." The internet link to Sanchez's archived escort web page has recently been changed to prevent the archived material to be viewable.

Sanchez claims to have been out of the business for 15 years. However, on the Alan Colmes radio show, Colmes confronted Sanchez with evidence that he had been advertising his services in New York Blade (a gay newspaper) as recently as November 2004. Further evidence of Sanchez's career recently surfaced, with a review of an escort named 'Mateo' (and alias Sanchez has used in the past) appeared on the Daddy's Reviews website. <ref>[http://www.daddysreviews.com/area.php?loc=62260-2-39-10&who=mateo_2_nyc Daddy's Reviews website]</ref> During the Alan Colmes interview, when confronted with evidence that he had advertised his services as recently as three years ago in the New York Blade, Matthew responded, "Anything I'll admit, I'll own up to it".

Sanchez has stated that he no longer does pornography, however in many interviews, he has been evasive concerning the question of whether he still works as a male escort.

=== Other activities before coming to Columbia ===
In the late 1990s, Sanchez left the porn industry, and moved to Berlin for a year. He learned German and allegedly worked at ''Time Out Berlin''. He continued working as an escort during his time in Berlin.


=== Military Career ===

According to the Military Times, Sanchez joined the Marine Corps on May 14, 2003 at the age of 32, and is a refrigeration mechanic. He is currently on Individual Ready Reserve, which holds the stipulations that he receive no pay or benefits and is not obligated to drill, conduct annual training, or participate in any military activities until activated by Presidential Reserve Callup Authority.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individual_Ready_Reserve Wikipedia article on Individual Ready Reserve]</ref> While in the Marines, he was a part of HQ COMPANY 6TH COMM BN 4TH MARDIV, also known as 6th Comm; they are based out of Floyd Bennet Field in Brooklyn, NY. After a stint with 6th Comm, Sanchez took a position at the New York Public Affairs Office of the Marine Corps.

=== Columbia ===
Sanchez is currently a student at Columbia in the [[School of General Studies]] Class of 2007. He has passionately defended veteran rights on campus. In particular, he won won approval for the ''Columbia University War Memorial'', a project that will honor all alumni who have fallen in American conflicts since the War for Independence.

=== Complaints about military bias on Columbia campus ===
Sanchez became well known after criticizing administration officials for failing to take any action following an incident on campus where members of a socialist student group harassed him at a college activities fair. The students said Sanchez was too stupid to realize that the military was taking advantage of him as a minority. He has since become an an outspoken critic of anti-military bias among students, faculty and administration at Columbia. His media career started with an interview in the [[Columbia Spectator]]. After this he appeared on several Fox News television programs, including the O'Reilly Factor and Hannity and Colmes.

=== Porn star revelation ===
Sanchez attended the 2007 Conservative Political Action Conference where Ann Coulter made her infamous "faggot" insult about John Edwards. He received the Jeane Kirkpatrick Academic Freedom Award and was photographed with Coulter. A number of gay bloggers (including Joe. My. God) recognized Sanchez as a former gay porn star by the name of '''Rod Majors''', as described above. The story, rapidly seized upon by blogs including [[The Bwog]], Datalounge and Gawker, has since been covered by several major news organizations.

When the allegation hit the blogosphere, Sanchez was quick to respond with an op-ed piece he wrote for the liberal-leaning Salon.com blog. Right-wingers David Horowitz (on Front Page Mag) and Michelle Malkin have come out in Sanchez's defense.

== Photos ==
<gallery>
Image:Sanchez2w.jpg|Sanchez on Fox News
Image:SanchezColumbia.jpg|Sanchez on the Columbia campus
</gallery>

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==
* [http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/ Sanchez's blog]
* [http://www.geocities.com/mateo1970/ Sanchez's Facercise page]
* [http://learning-curve.blogspot.com/2007/03/matt-sanchez.html Reaction from former MilVets VP]
* [http://columbia.facebook.com/profile.php?id=112084 Facebook profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010602153926/www.excellent-top.com/Salut.wav Hear Sanchez talk!]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A3NF0551WKCCF8?_encoding=UTF8 Amazon.com book reviews written by Matthew Sanchez]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/01/25/News/A.Firm.Stance-2028984.shtml?norewrite200612152148&sourcedomain=www.columbiaspectator.com Columbia Spectator: the article that started his media career]
* [http://bp3.blogger.com/_t6rV3U9ZEHM/RfCWo9uOemI/AAAAAAAAAlM/raKZRgT03Ag/s1600-h/latinohook.jpg Alleged Manhunt.net profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010124031600/http://excellent-top.com/ Alleged escort website] (NSFW - don't follow this link if you are too young to view adult material)
* [http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/browse.aspx?srchType=rel&sort=0&rel=25&ObjID=5365 Films featuring Rod Majors]
* [http://www.cybermale.com/tla/rodmajors.html Films featuring Rod Majors, even more of them]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538273/bio IMDb profile]
* [http://www.kristenbjorn.com/BBS/LaBranche.html Interview from 1998 about his porn career]

=== External links on the Rod Majors revelation ===
* [http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/03/mcsanchez070309/ Marine Times: Reservist acknowledges gay porn past]
* [http://atkol.com/FORUMS/replies.asp?Forum=3&Topic=8931&ScrollAction=Page+1 Gay video fans voice their suspicions (in December)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imH_J2fcp4Y MSNBC Countdown story]
* [http://www.bwog.net/index.php?page=post&article_id=3235 The Bwog: "Dirty" Sanchez Speaks]
* [http://gawker.com/news/the-gays/rightwing-hero-has-porn-past-claim-gays-241948.php Gawker: Right-Wing Hero Has Porn Past, Claim Gays]
* [http://americablog.blogspot.com/2007/03/alan-colmes-ties-gop-marine-hero.html Sanchez on the Alan Colmes radio show]

[[Category:Students]]
[[Category:Scandals]]

Matt Sanchez

2007-03-27T00:22:40Z

Bluemarine: Added more Job information and fixed a link that was off.

[[Image:SanchezWithCoulter-w.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez and Ann Coulter at CPAC]]

'''Matthew Sanchez''', or '''Matt Sanchez''' a.k.a. "Rod Majors", (born [[1 December]] [[1970]])<ref>[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&f2=&f1=sanchez&sx=&f9=&f5=&f4=Dec&rg_f3__date=1970&rs_f3__date=0&f6=&f7=&gskw=&prox=1&db=cabirth1905&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=63&recid=19652631&recoff=2+14+15&fsk=CIAAFH8BK7Qx&bsk=&pgoff= California Birth Index] showing "Matthew Sanchez, born 1 Dec 1970, Santa Clara County"</ref> is a [[Columbia University]] student. Before working as an adult film star, he was a [[paralegal]] and an English instructor. He has served in the [[United States Marine Corps]] and is a [[corporal]].

== Biography ==

=== Youth ===
Matt Sanchez was born and raised in San Jose, California. He lived in Madrid, Montreal, and Berlin, where he learned Spanish, French and German respectively. Andy Towle, a gay blogger [http://www.towleroad.com/] and former graduate student at Stanford, claims to have briefly dated Sanchez in 1989.

=== Porn career ===
In the early to mid-1990s, Sanchez worked as a gay porn star. First, in 1993, he used the name '''Pierre LaBranche''' while working for Kristen Bjorn and William Duffault. In 1994, he moved to San Francisco and the studios changed his name to the more universal '''Rod Majors'''. He starred in several gay videos for Catalina and Falcon. Sanchez's film credits include ''Jawbreaker'', ''Donkey Dick'', ''Glory Holes of Fame 3'', ''Idol Country'' (1994), ''Touched by an Anal'' (1997) and ''Built Tough''(1995). During the Alan Colmes interview, he stated "It was 15 years ago and it just wasn't gay porn... it was more than that". According to the Internet Adult Film Database and IMDB, Sanchez is credited as being in 35+ adult films as '''Rod Majors''', in addition to a number of films as '''Pierre LaBranche''', they are all all-male films.<ref>[http://www.iafd.com/person.rme/perfid=RodMajors/gender=m/Rod-Majors.htm IAFD listing]</ref>

Popular conservative radio host, Kevin McCullough of Town Hall talk radio, has used Sanchez's departure from gay pornography to justify the belief that homosexuality is a lifestyle choice that can be changed and is not biological. <ref>[http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KevinMcCullough/2007/03/11/why_christians_embrace_gay_porn_stars Kevin McCullough's column]</ref> Sanchez has stated that he has never identified himself as being a gay man. He has emphasized this point stating that many of the men he has had sexual relations with, weren't gay, but were in fact married.

=== Escort career ===
In addition to his career in porn, Matt Sanchez worked as a male escort. He alleged to have worked in 4 major US cities, charging $300-$350 per session. In an article for Salon.com, he wrote, "Others were comparing me to Jeff Gannon and claiming that I too had advertised my services as a male escort. I won't deny it."

Sanchez regularly advertised in his escorting services in New York's weekly gay publications and via the Internet, going under the pseudonym "Excellent Top." The internet link to Sanchez's archived escort web page has recently been changed to prevent the archived material to be viewable.

Sanchez claims to have been out of the business for 15 years. However, on the Alan Colmes radio show, Colmes confronted Sanchez with evidence that he had been advertising his services in New York Blade (a gay newspaper) as recently as November 2004. Further evidence of Sanchez's career recently surfaced, with a review of an escort named 'Mateo' (and alias Sanchez has used in the past) appeared on the Daddy's Reviews website. <ref>[http://www.daddysreviews.com/area.php?loc=62260-2-39-10&who=mateo_2_nyc Daddy's Reviews website]</ref> During the Alan Colmes interview, when confronted with evidence that he had advertised his services as recently as three years ago in the New York Blade, Matthew responded, "Anything I'll admit, I'll own up to it".

Sanchez has stated that he no longer does pornography, however in many interviews, he has been evasive concerning the question of whether he still works as a male escort.

=== Other activities before coming to Columbia ===
In the late 1990s, Sanchez left the porn industry, and moved to Berlin for a year. He learned German and allegedly worked at ''Time Out Berlin''. He continued working as an escort during his time in Berlin.


=== Military Career ===

According to the Military Times, Sanchez joined the Marine Corps on May 14, 2003 at the age of 32, and is a refrigeration mechanic. He is currently on Individual Ready Reserve, which holds the stipulations that he receive no pay or benefits and is not obligated to drill, conduct annual training, or participate in any military activities until activated by Presidential Reserve Callup Authority.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individual_Ready_Reserve Wikipedia article on Individual Ready Reserve]</ref> While in the Marines, he was a part of HQ COMPANY 6TH COMM BN 4TH MARDIV, also known as 6th Comm; they are based out of Floyd Bennet Field in Brooklyn, NY. After a stint with 6th Comm, Sanchez took a position at the New York Public Affairs Office of the Marine Corps.

=== Columbia ===
Sanchez is currently a student at Columbia in the [[School of General Studies]] Class of 2007. He has passionately defended veteran rights on campus. In particular, he won won approval for the ''Columbia University War Memorial'', a project that will honor all alumni who have fallen in American conflicts since the War for Independence.

=== Complaints about military bias on Columbia campus ===
Sanchez became well known after criticizing administration officials for failing to take any action following an incident on campus where members of a socialist student group harassed him at a college activities fair. The students said Sanchez was too stupid to realize that the military was taking advantage of him as a minority. He has since become an an outspoken critic of anti-military bias among students, faculty and administration at Columbia. His media career started with an interview in the [[Columbia Spectator]]. After this he appeared on several Fox News television programs, including the O'Reilly Factor and Hannity and Colmes.

=== Porn star revelation ===
Sanchez attended the 2007 Conservative Political Action Conference where Ann Coulter made her infamous "faggot" insult about John Edwards. He received the Jeane Kirkpatrick Academic Freedom Award and was photographed with Coulter. A number of gay bloggers (including Joe. My. God) recognized Sanchez as a former gay porn star by the name of '''Rod Majors''', as described above. The story, rapidly seized upon by blogs including [[The Bwog]], Datalounge and Gawker, has since been covered by several major news organizations.

When the allegation hit the blogosphere, Sanchez was quick to respond with an op-ed piece he wrote for the liberal-leaning Salon.com blog. Right-wingers David Horowitz (on Front Page Mag) and Michelle Malkin have come out in Sanchez's defense.

== Photos ==
<gallery>
Image:Sanchez2w.jpg|Sanchez on Fox News
Image:SanchezColumbia.jpg|Sanchez on the Columbia campus
</gallery>

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==
* [http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/ Sanchez's blog]
* [http://www.geocities.com/mateo1970/ Sanchez's Facercise page]
* [http://learning-curve.blogspot.com/2007/03/matt-sanchez.html Reaction from former MilVets VP]
* [http://columbia.facebook.com/profile.php?id=112084 Facebook profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010602153926/www.excellent-top.com/Salut.wav Hear Sanchez talk!]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A3NF0551WKCCF8?_encoding=UTF8 Amazon.com book reviews written by Matthew Sanchez]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/01/25/News/A.Firm.Stance-2028984.shtml?norewrite200612152148&sourcedomain=www.columbiaspectator.com Columbia Spectator: the article that started his media career]
* [http://bp3.blogger.com/_t6rV3U9ZEHM/RfCWo9uOemI/AAAAAAAAAlM/raKZRgT03Ag/s1600-h/latinohook.jpg Alleged Manhunt.net profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010124031600/http://excellent-top.com/ Alleged escort website] (NSFW - don't follow this link if you are too young to view adult material)
* [http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/browse.aspx?srchType=rel&sort=0&rel=25&ObjID=5365 Films featuring Rod Majors]
* [http://www.cybermale.com/tla/rodmajors.html Films featuring Rod Majors, even more of them]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538273/bio IMDb profile]
* [http://www.kristenbjorn.com/BBS/LaBranche.html Interview from 1998 about his porn career]

=== External links on the Rod Majors revelation ===
* [http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/03/mcsanchez070309/ Marine Times: Reservist acknowledges gay porn past]
* [http://atkol.com/FORUMS/replies.asp?Forum=3&Topic=8931&ScrollAction=Page+1 Gay video fans voice their suspicions (in December)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imH_J2fcp4Y MSNBC Countdown story]
* [http://www.bwog.net/index.php?page=post&article_id=3235 The Bwog: "Dirty" Sanchez Speaks]
* [http://gawker.com/news/the-gays/rightwing-hero-has-porn-past-claim-gays-241948.php Gawker: Right-Wing Hero Has Porn Past, Claim Gays]
* [http://americablog.blogspot.com/2007/03/alan-colmes-ties-gop-marine-hero.html Sanchez on the Alan Colmes radio show]

[[Category:Students]]
[[Category:Scandals]]

Matt Sanchez

2007-03-26T12:40:26Z

Bluemarine: I added a detail on a question I am CONSTANTLY asked.

[[Image:SanchezWithCoulter-w.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez and Ann Coulter Fox News Green Room, December 2006]]

'''Matthew Sanchez''', or '''Matt Sanchez''' a.k.a. "Rod Majors", (born [[1 December]] [[1970]]) is a [[Columbia University]] student. He has worked as an adult film star. He has served in the [[United States Marine Corps]] and is a [[corporal]].

== Biography ==

=== Early Years ===
Sanchez was born and raised in [[San Jose, California]]. After high school, he traveled to Madrid on vacation where he made a living teaching English at an ''academia'', an informal language center for students. Sanchez worked at several ''academias'' in Italy, France, and Portugal before moving to Montreal for several years where he learned French, and [[Berlin]], where he learned German.

=== Adult Film Career ===
In the early [[1990s]], Sanchez worked as an adult film performer. First, in [[1992]], as ''Pierre LaBranche'' while working for Robert Russell a.k.a. [[Kristen Bjorn]]. In [[1993]], he traveled to Los Angeles and the studios changed his name to the more universal ''Rod Majors''.

He starred in several bisexual videos for Catalina and [[Falcon Entertainment]]. Sanchez appeared in several films including ''Call of the Wild'' (1992), ''Montreal Men'' (1992), and ''Idol Country'' (released in 1994) and posed for '' Playgirl'' . Sanchez subsequently left the adult film industry, and lived in Germany, Miami, Madrid, and New York.

=== Other activities ===
Sanchez was a consultant for TIVO, Digital Cities, and helped to create an early model for web-ads called ''Clickables'', which he sold for an undisclosed amount. He also created and optioned the ''Movie Minute'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYX1wEM3yAs]

A ''[[Marine Corps Times]]'' article disclosed that his [[Military Occupational Specialty]] is 1161 that of a [[refrigeration]] [[mechanic]]. Mr. Sanchez recently became a partner in a public relations and marketing firm, but he refuses to name the firm citing political hate mail from internet attackers.

=== Controversy ===
Sanchez angered homosexual activists, whom he referred to as gay [[jihadist]] and [[gay fundamentalist]] when he stated that his orientation was not gay.Sanchez blog. [http://www.mattsanchez.blogspot.com] Gay activists have since criticized Sanchez for being [[anti-gay]] or refusing to speak out in support of homosexual causes. Sanchez has vigorously stated that he has no interest in homosexual causes whatsoever, which has caused a backlash from homosexual bloggers.

Critics have noted that Sanchez is in the middle of the [[cultural wars]] by having been in the adult film industry and being a conservative. Hypocrisy is what critics have shouted, despite Sanchez' strong criticism of the adult pornographic industry and his former participation in that industry. Many prominent conservatives, [[David Horowitz]], [[Kevin McCullough]], [[Michelle Malkin]] and [[Ann Coulter]] have come forward to support Cpl. Matt Sanchez, while many [[liberals]] and particularly [[homosexual]] activists have criticized him for hypocrisy--a criticism he stringently denies.

=== Columbia University ===
Sanchez is currently a student in the ''School of General Studies'' or ''GS'' at Columbia University. He has passionately defended [[veteran]]s' rights on campus. In particular, he helped win approval for the ''Columbia University War Memorial'', a project that will honor all alumni who have fallen in American conflicts since the [[American Revolutionary War]].

=== Complaints about anti-military bias on Columbia campus ===
[[Image:HC Set.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez on [[Hannity and Colmes]], December 2006]]

Sanchez first became known on campus for making complaints about harassment from Columbia University [[leftists]] for being in the military. He claims to have been called a "baby-killer," along with other epithets. His media appearances include an interview in the ''[[Columbia Spectator]]'', the New York Daily News, USAToday and several articles written for the ''[[New York Post]]'' and the Marine Corps Times, as well as appearances on several [[Fox News]] television programs, including ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'' and ''[[Hannity & Colmes]]''. Sanchez is well connected to people in the conservative [[clubs]] on campus but is not an officer and holds no elected position.

Sanchez was awarded the [[Jeane Kirkpatrick]] Academic Freedom Award for his work fighting discrimination against military and veterans at Columbia University at the [[Conservative Political Action Conference]] in [[March]] of [[2007]]. A photograph of Sanchez with commentator [[Ann Coulter]] taken previous to the event has been reprinted in much of the coverage relating to Sanchez's distinct career history.

=== Escorting Controversy ===
The headless photos pictured below have appeared in both gay and mainstream publications. Talk show host [[Alan Colmes]] cited the image on a web page as well as a phone number. Sanchez has said he too has seen the headless photo in popular sites like '' Manhunt.com'', ''Rentboy.com'', and ''NYPress'' and the ''New York Blade'' especially since the controversy hit the mainstream press. Homosexual bloggers have used this information to call Sanchez a liar. Sanchez told [[Alan Colmes]] that he personally has seen his photos, used without authorization, throughout the country and as far away as Sydney, Australia. Sanchez denies ever placing the ads as a male escort. Sanchez told radio host [[Kevin McCullough]] that pornography is prostitution, a charge many liberal activists have criticized as hypocritical.

=== Dirty Sanchez Rumors ===
There are rumors Matt Sanchez is at the origin of the term ''Dirty Sanchez'' it is a rumor he has yet to deny. Sanchez did work with ''Viacom'' in the mid-90's on a prototype of an early ''reality tv program''

<gallery>
Image:Reeves.jpg|Photo at the center of the escorting allegations. This photo appeared in advertisements in both San Francisco and Sydney, Australia at the same time.
Image:Red_Background.jpg|Escorting Controversy: A headless version of this photo has appeared in the New York Blade as well as a San Francisco, Miami, New York.
</gallery>

== External links ==
* [http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/ Sanchez's blog]
* [http://columbia.facebook.com/profile.php?id=112084 Facebook profile]
*[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/01/25/News/A.Firm.Stance-2028984.shtml?norewrite200612152148&sourcedomain=www.columbiaspectator.com ''"A Firm Stance,"'' The Columbia Spectator]
*[http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/03/08/matt_sanchez "Porn free: Left-wing blogs gleefully outed my gay porn past after I criticized antiwar zealots. But the truth has set me free"], ''Salon Magazine'' article by Sanchez, March 8, 2007
*[http://www.nypost.com/seven/12042006/postopinion/opedcolumnists/diversity_double_talkivys_inclusion_excludes_military_opedcolumnists_matt_sanchez.htm?page=0 "Diversity Double-Talkivy's 'Inclusion' Excludes Military"], Op-ed by Sanchez, ''New York Post'', December 4, 2006
*[http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/community/opinion/marine_opinion_sanchez070101/ Sanchez Op-ed to the Marine Corps Community published in the [[Marine Corps Times]] January 1st, 2007]

== External links on the Rod Majors revelation ==
* [http://atkol.com/FORUMS/replies.asp?Forum=3&Topic=8931&ScrollAction=Page+1 Gay video fans voice their suspicions (in December)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imH_J2fcp4Y MSNBC Countdown story]
* [http://www.bwog.net/index.php?page=post&article_id=3235 The Bwog: "Dirty" Sanchez Speaks]
* [http://gawker.com/news/the-gays/rightwing-hero-has-porn-past-claim-gays-241948.php Gawker: Right-Wing Hero Has Porn Past, Claim Gays]
*[http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KevinMcCullough/2007/03/11/why_christians_embrace_gay_porn_stars Why Christians Embrace 'Gay' Porn Stars] by [[Kevin McCullough]]
*[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=27279 David Horowitz Defends Matt Sanchez]
*[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=27479 Matt Sanchez article on changes at Columbia University]
*[http://thebigtalker1210.com/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=485516 David Smerconish Interview March 8th, 2007]
*[http://jeremayakovka.typepad.com/jeremayakovka/2007/03/an_open_letter_.html Self-proclaimed ex-gay blogger open letter to Matt Sanchez]
*[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cliff-schecter/corporal-matt-sanchez-cal_b_44140.html Huggington Post article by blogger Cliff Schecter entitled ''Matt Sanchez Called me a Homophobe'']
*[http://www.rightwingnews.com/mt331/2007/03/in_defense_of_matt_sanchez.php Right Wing Bloggers defend Matt Sanchez]
*[http://larryboy.nycradio.com/~mp3/audio/Kevin%20McCullough%20Live%20From%20New%20York%20WMCA570%20Hour%202%20-%20Kevin%20McCullough%20-%20mon.mp3 Kevin McCullough interview Where Matt Sanchez equates Pornography with Prostitution and speaks of His Faith]
*[http://michellemalkin.com/archives/007013.htm Michelle Malkin Defends Matt Sanchez after Revelations of Past]
*[http://johnstanton.vox.com/library/post/matt-sanchez-appears-on-sirius-the-michelangelo-signorile-show-031207.html Matt Sanchez Appears on Sirius the Michael Signorile Show, March 12th, 2007]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:United States Marines|Sanchez, Matthew]]

Matt Sanchez

2007-03-26T12:26:50Z

Bluemarine: /* Columbia University */ added link to School of General studies

[[Image:SanchezWithCoulter-w.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez and Ann Coulter Fox News Green Room, December 2006]]

'''Matthew Sanchez''', or '''Matt Sanchez''' a.k.a. "Rod Majors", (born [[1 December]] [[1970]]) is a [[Columbia University]] student. He has worked as an adult film star. He has served in the [[United States Marine Corps]] and is a [[corporal]].

== Biography ==

=== Early Years ===
Sanchez was born and raised in [[San Jose, California]]. After high school, he traveled to Madrid on vacation where he made a living teaching English at an ''academia'', an informal language center for students. Sanchez worked at several ''academias'' in Italy, France, and Portugal before moving to Montreal for several years where he learned French, and [[Berlin]], where he learned German.

=== Adult Film Career ===
In the early [[1990s]], Sanchez worked as an adult film performer. First, in [[1992]], as ''Pierre LaBranche'' while working for Robert Russell a.k.a. [[Kristen Bjorn]]. In [[1993]], he traveled to Los Angeles and the studios changed his name to the more universal ''Rod Majors''.

He starred in several bisexual videos for Catalina and [[Falcon Entertainment]]. Sanchez appeared in several films including ''Call of the Wild'' (1992), ''Montreal Men'' (1992), and ''Idol Country'' (released in 1994) and posed for '' Playgirl'' . Sanchez subsequently left the adult film industry, and lived in Germany, Miami, Madrid, and New York.

=== Other activities ===
Sanchez was a consultant for TIVO, Digital Cities, and helped to create an early model for web-ads called ''Clickables'', which he sold for an undisclosed amount. He also created and optioned the ''Movie Minute'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYX1wEM3yAs]

A ''[[Marine Corps Times]]'' article disclosed that his [[Military Occupational Specialty]] is 1161 that of a [[refrigeration]] [[mechanic]]. Mr. Sanchez recently became a partner in a public relations and marketing firm, but he refuses to name the firm citing political hate mail from internet attackers.

=== Controversy ===
Sanchez angered homosexual activists, whom he referred to as gay [[jihadist]] and [[gay fundamentalist]] when he stated that his orientation was not gay.Sanchez blog. [http://www.mattsanchez.blogspot.com] Gay activists have since criticized Sanchez for being [[anti-gay]] or refusing to speak out in support of homosexual causes. Sanchez has vigorously stated that he has no interest in homosexual causes whatsoever, which has caused a backlash from homosexual bloggers.

Critics have noted that Sanchez is in the middle of the [[cultural wars]] by having been in the adult film industry and being a conservative. Hypocrisy is what critics have shouted, despite Sanchez' strong criticism of the adult pornographic industry and his former participation in that industry. Many prominent conservatives, [[David Horowitz]], [[Kevin McCullough]], [[Michelle Malkin]] and [[Ann Coulter]] have come forward to support Cpl. Matt Sanchez, while many [[liberals]] and particularly [[homosexual]] activists have criticized him for hypocrisy--a criticism he stringently denies.

=== Columbia University ===
Sanchez is currently a student in the ''School of General Studies'' or ''GS'' at Columbia University. He has passionately defended [[veteran]]s' rights on campus. In particular, he helped win approval for the ''Columbia University War Memorial'', a project that will honor all alumni who have fallen in American conflicts since the [[American Revolutionary War]].

=== Complaints about anti-military bias on Columbia campus ===
[[Image:HC Set.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez on [[Hannity and Colmes]], December 2006]]

Sanchez first became known on campus for making complaints about harassment from Columbia University [[leftists]] for being in the military. He claims to have been called a "baby-killer," along with other epithets. His media appearances include an interview in the ''[[Columbia Spectator]]'', the New York Daily News, USAToday and several articles written for the ''[[New York Post]]'' and the Marine Corps Times, as well as appearances on several [[Fox News]] television programs, including ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'' and ''[[Hannity & Colmes]]''. Sanchez is well connected to people in the conservative [[clubs]] on campus but is not an officer and holds no elected position.

Sanchez was awarded the [[Jeane Kirkpatrick]] Academic Freedom Award for his work fighting discrimination against military and veterans at Columbia University at the [[Conservative Political Action Conference]] in [[March]] of [[2007]]. A photograph of Sanchez with commentator [[Ann Coulter]] taken previous to the event has been reprinted in much of the coverage relating to Sanchez's distinct career history.

=== Escorting Controversy ===
The headless photos pictured below have appeared in both gay and mainstream publications. Talk show host [[Alan Colmes]] cited the image on a web page as well as a phone number. Sanchez has said he too has seen the headless photo in popular sites like '' Manhunt.com'', ''Rentboy.com'', and ''NYPress'' and the ''New York Blade'' especially since the controversy hit the mainstream press. Homosexual bloggers have used this information to call Sanchez a liar. Sanchez told [[Alan Colmes]] that he personally has seen his photos, used without authorization, throughout the country and as far away as Sydney, Australia. Sanchez denies ever placing the ads as a male escort. Sanchez told radio host [[Kevin McCullough]] that pornography is prostitution, a charge many liberal activists have criticized as hypocritical.

<gallery>
Image:Reeves.jpg|Photo at the center of the escorting allegations. This photo appeared in advertisements in both San Francisco and Sydney, Australia at the same time.
Image:Red_Background.jpg|Escorting Controversy: A headless version of this photo has appeared in the New York Blade as well as a San Francisco, Miami, New York.
</gallery>

== External links ==
* [http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/ Sanchez's blog]
* [http://columbia.facebook.com/profile.php?id=112084 Facebook profile]
*[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/01/25/News/A.Firm.Stance-2028984.shtml?norewrite200612152148&sourcedomain=www.columbiaspectator.com ''"A Firm Stance,"'' The Columbia Spectator]
*[http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/03/08/matt_sanchez "Porn free: Left-wing blogs gleefully outed my gay porn past after I criticized antiwar zealots. But the truth has set me free"], ''Salon Magazine'' article by Sanchez, March 8, 2007
*[http://www.nypost.com/seven/12042006/postopinion/opedcolumnists/diversity_double_talkivys_inclusion_excludes_military_opedcolumnists_matt_sanchez.htm?page=0 "Diversity Double-Talkivy's 'Inclusion' Excludes Military"], Op-ed by Sanchez, ''New York Post'', December 4, 2006
*[http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/community/opinion/marine_opinion_sanchez070101/ Sanchez Op-ed to the Marine Corps Community published in the [[Marine Corps Times]] January 1st, 2007]

== External links on the Rod Majors revelation ==
* [http://atkol.com/FORUMS/replies.asp?Forum=3&Topic=8931&ScrollAction=Page+1 Gay video fans voice their suspicions (in December)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imH_J2fcp4Y MSNBC Countdown story]
* [http://www.bwog.net/index.php?page=post&article_id=3235 The Bwog: "Dirty" Sanchez Speaks]
* [http://gawker.com/news/the-gays/rightwing-hero-has-porn-past-claim-gays-241948.php Gawker: Right-Wing Hero Has Porn Past, Claim Gays]
*[http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KevinMcCullough/2007/03/11/why_christians_embrace_gay_porn_stars Why Christians Embrace 'Gay' Porn Stars] by [[Kevin McCullough]]
*[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=27279 David Horowitz Defends Matt Sanchez]
*[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=27479 Matt Sanchez article on changes at Columbia University]
*[http://thebigtalker1210.com/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=485516 David Smerconish Interview March 8th, 2007]
*[http://jeremayakovka.typepad.com/jeremayakovka/2007/03/an_open_letter_.html Self-proclaimed ex-gay blogger open letter to Matt Sanchez]
*[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cliff-schecter/corporal-matt-sanchez-cal_b_44140.html Huggington Post article by blogger Cliff Schecter entitled ''Matt Sanchez Called me a Homophobe'']
*[http://www.rightwingnews.com/mt331/2007/03/in_defense_of_matt_sanchez.php Right Wing Bloggers defend Matt Sanchez]
*[http://larryboy.nycradio.com/~mp3/audio/Kevin%20McCullough%20Live%20From%20New%20York%20WMCA570%20Hour%202%20-%20Kevin%20McCullough%20-%20mon.mp3 Kevin McCullough interview Where Matt Sanchez equates Pornography with Prostitution and speaks of His Faith]
*[http://michellemalkin.com/archives/007013.htm Michelle Malkin Defends Matt Sanchez after Revelations of Past]
*[http://johnstanton.vox.com/library/post/matt-sanchez-appears-on-sirius-the-michelangelo-signorile-show-031207.html Matt Sanchez Appears on Sirius the Michael Signorile Show, March 12th, 2007]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:United States Marines|Sanchez, Matthew]]

Matt Sanchez

2007-03-26T12:24:43Z

Bluemarine: /* Controversy */

[[Image:SanchezWithCoulter-w.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez and Ann Coulter Fox News Green Room, December 2006]]

'''Matthew Sanchez''', or '''Matt Sanchez''' a.k.a. "Rod Majors", (born [[1 December]] [[1970]]) is a [[Columbia University]] student. He has worked as an adult film star. He has served in the [[United States Marine Corps]] and is a [[corporal]].

== Biography ==

=== Early Years ===
Sanchez was born and raised in [[San Jose, California]]. After high school, he traveled to Madrid on vacation where he made a living teaching English at an ''academia'', an informal language center for students. Sanchez worked at several ''academias'' in Italy, France, and Portugal before moving to Montreal for several years where he learned French, and [[Berlin]], where he learned German.

=== Adult Film Career ===
In the early [[1990s]], Sanchez worked as an adult film performer. First, in [[1992]], as ''Pierre LaBranche'' while working for Robert Russell a.k.a. [[Kristen Bjorn]]. In [[1993]], he traveled to Los Angeles and the studios changed his name to the more universal ''Rod Majors''.

He starred in several bisexual videos for Catalina and [[Falcon Entertainment]]. Sanchez appeared in several films including ''Call of the Wild'' (1992), ''Montreal Men'' (1992), and ''Idol Country'' (released in 1994) and posed for '' Playgirl'' . Sanchez subsequently left the adult film industry, and lived in Germany, Miami, Madrid, and New York.

=== Other activities ===
Sanchez was a consultant for TIVO, Digital Cities, and helped to create an early model for web-ads called ''Clickables'', which he sold for an undisclosed amount. He also created and optioned the ''Movie Minute'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYX1wEM3yAs]

A ''[[Marine Corps Times]]'' article disclosed that his [[Military Occupational Specialty]] is 1161 that of a [[refrigeration]] [[mechanic]]. Mr. Sanchez recently became a partner in a public relations and marketing firm, but he refuses to name the firm citing political hate mail from internet attackers.

=== Controversy ===
Sanchez angered homosexual activists, whom he referred to as gay [[jihadist]] and [[gay fundamentalist]] when he stated that his orientation was not gay.Sanchez blog. [http://www.mattsanchez.blogspot.com] Gay activists have since criticized Sanchez for being [[anti-gay]] or refusing to speak out in support of homosexual causes. Sanchez has vigorously stated that he has no interest in homosexual causes whatsoever, which has caused a backlash from homosexual bloggers.

Critics have noted that Sanchez is in the middle of the [[cultural wars]] by having been in the adult film industry and being a conservative. Hypocrisy is what critics have shouted, despite Sanchez' strong criticism of the adult pornographic industry and his former participation in that industry. Many prominent conservatives, [[David Horowitz]], [[Kevin McCullough]], [[Michelle Malkin]] and [[Ann Coulter]] have come forward to support Cpl. Matt Sanchez, while many [[liberals]] and particularly [[homosexual]] activists have criticized him for hypocrisy--a criticism he stringently denies.

=== Columbia University ===
Sanchez is currently a student in the School of General Studies at Columbia University. He has passionately defended [[veteran]]s' rights on campus. In particular, he helped win approval for the ''Columbia University War Memorial'', a project that will honor all alumni who have fallen in American conflicts since the [[American Revolutionary War]].

=== Complaints about anti-military bias on Columbia campus ===
[[Image:HC Set.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez on [[Hannity and Colmes]], December 2006]]

Sanchez first became known on campus for making complaints about harassment from Columbia University [[leftists]] for being in the military. He claims to have been called a "baby-killer," along with other epithets. His media appearances include an interview in the ''[[Columbia Spectator]]'', the New York Daily News, USAToday and several articles written for the ''[[New York Post]]'' and the Marine Corps Times, as well as appearances on several [[Fox News]] television programs, including ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'' and ''[[Hannity & Colmes]]''. Sanchez is well connected to people in the conservative [[clubs]] on campus but is not an officer and holds no elected position.

Sanchez was awarded the [[Jeane Kirkpatrick]] Academic Freedom Award for his work fighting discrimination against military and veterans at Columbia University at the [[Conservative Political Action Conference]] in [[March]] of [[2007]]. A photograph of Sanchez with commentator [[Ann Coulter]] taken previous to the event has been reprinted in much of the coverage relating to Sanchez's distinct career history.

=== Escorting Controversy ===
The headless photos pictured below have appeared in both gay and mainstream publications. Talk show host [[Alan Colmes]] cited the image on a web page as well as a phone number. Sanchez has said he too has seen the headless photo in popular sites like '' Manhunt.com'', ''Rentboy.com'', and ''NYPress'' and the ''New York Blade'' especially since the controversy hit the mainstream press. Homosexual bloggers have used this information to call Sanchez a liar. Sanchez told [[Alan Colmes]] that he personally has seen his photos, used without authorization, throughout the country and as far away as Sydney, Australia. Sanchez denies ever placing the ads as a male escort. Sanchez told radio host [[Kevin McCullough]] that pornography is prostitution, a charge many liberal activists have criticized as hypocritical.

<gallery>
Image:Reeves.jpg|Photo at the center of the escorting allegations. This photo appeared in advertisements in both San Francisco and Sydney, Australia at the same time.
Image:Red_Background.jpg|Escorting Controversy: A headless version of this photo has appeared in the New York Blade as well as a San Francisco, Miami, New York.
</gallery>

== External links ==
* [http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/ Sanchez's blog]
* [http://columbia.facebook.com/profile.php?id=112084 Facebook profile]
*[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/01/25/News/A.Firm.Stance-2028984.shtml?norewrite200612152148&sourcedomain=www.columbiaspectator.com ''"A Firm Stance,"'' The Columbia Spectator]
*[http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/03/08/matt_sanchez "Porn free: Left-wing blogs gleefully outed my gay porn past after I criticized antiwar zealots. But the truth has set me free"], ''Salon Magazine'' article by Sanchez, March 8, 2007
*[http://www.nypost.com/seven/12042006/postopinion/opedcolumnists/diversity_double_talkivys_inclusion_excludes_military_opedcolumnists_matt_sanchez.htm?page=0 "Diversity Double-Talkivy's 'Inclusion' Excludes Military"], Op-ed by Sanchez, ''New York Post'', December 4, 2006
*[http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/community/opinion/marine_opinion_sanchez070101/ Sanchez Op-ed to the Marine Corps Community published in the [[Marine Corps Times]] January 1st, 2007]

== External links on the Rod Majors revelation ==
* [http://atkol.com/FORUMS/replies.asp?Forum=3&Topic=8931&ScrollAction=Page+1 Gay video fans voice their suspicions (in December)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imH_J2fcp4Y MSNBC Countdown story]
* [http://www.bwog.net/index.php?page=post&article_id=3235 The Bwog: "Dirty" Sanchez Speaks]
* [http://gawker.com/news/the-gays/rightwing-hero-has-porn-past-claim-gays-241948.php Gawker: Right-Wing Hero Has Porn Past, Claim Gays]
*[http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KevinMcCullough/2007/03/11/why_christians_embrace_gay_porn_stars Why Christians Embrace 'Gay' Porn Stars] by [[Kevin McCullough]]
*[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=27279 David Horowitz Defends Matt Sanchez]
*[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=27479 Matt Sanchez article on changes at Columbia University]
*[http://thebigtalker1210.com/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=485516 David Smerconish Interview March 8th, 2007]
*[http://jeremayakovka.typepad.com/jeremayakovka/2007/03/an_open_letter_.html Self-proclaimed ex-gay blogger open letter to Matt Sanchez]
*[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cliff-schecter/corporal-matt-sanchez-cal_b_44140.html Huggington Post article by blogger Cliff Schecter entitled ''Matt Sanchez Called me a Homophobe'']
*[http://www.rightwingnews.com/mt331/2007/03/in_defense_of_matt_sanchez.php Right Wing Bloggers defend Matt Sanchez]
*[http://larryboy.nycradio.com/~mp3/audio/Kevin%20McCullough%20Live%20From%20New%20York%20WMCA570%20Hour%202%20-%20Kevin%20McCullough%20-%20mon.mp3 Kevin McCullough interview Where Matt Sanchez equates Pornography with Prostitution and speaks of His Faith]
*[http://michellemalkin.com/archives/007013.htm Michelle Malkin Defends Matt Sanchez after Revelations of Past]
*[http://johnstanton.vox.com/library/post/matt-sanchez-appears-on-sirius-the-michelangelo-signorile-show-031207.html Matt Sanchez Appears on Sirius the Michael Signorile Show, March 12th, 2007]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:United States Marines|Sanchez, Matthew]]

Matt Sanchez

2007-03-26T12:23:12Z

Bluemarine: /* Other activities */

[[Image:SanchezWithCoulter-w.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez and Ann Coulter Fox News Green Room, December 2006]]

'''Matthew Sanchez''', or '''Matt Sanchez''' a.k.a. "Rod Majors", (born [[1 December]] [[1970]]) is a [[Columbia University]] student. He has worked as an adult film star. He has served in the [[United States Marine Corps]] and is a [[corporal]].

== Biography ==

=== Early Years ===
Sanchez was born and raised in [[San Jose, California]]. After high school, he traveled to Madrid on vacation where he made a living teaching English at an ''academia'', an informal language center for students. Sanchez worked at several ''academias'' in Italy, France, and Portugal before moving to Montreal for several years where he learned French, and [[Berlin]], where he learned German.

=== Adult Film Career ===
In the early [[1990s]], Sanchez worked as an adult film performer. First, in [[1992]], as ''Pierre LaBranche'' while working for Robert Russell a.k.a. [[Kristen Bjorn]]. In [[1993]], he traveled to Los Angeles and the studios changed his name to the more universal ''Rod Majors''.

He starred in several bisexual videos for Catalina and [[Falcon Entertainment]]. Sanchez appeared in several films including ''Call of the Wild'' (1992), ''Montreal Men'' (1992), and ''Idol Country'' (released in 1994) and posed for '' Playgirl'' . Sanchez subsequently left the adult film industry, and lived in Germany, Miami, Madrid, and New York.

=== Other activities ===
Sanchez was a consultant for TIVO, Digital Cities, and helped to create an early model for web-ads called ''Clickables'', which he sold for an undisclosed amount. He also created and optioned the ''Movie Minute'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYX1wEM3yAs]

A ''[[Marine Corps Times]]'' article disclosed that his [[Military Occupational Specialty]] is 1161 that of a [[refrigeration]] [[mechanic]]. Mr. Sanchez recently became a partner in a public relations and marketing firm, but he refuses to name the firm citing political hate mail from internet attackers.

=== Controversy ===
Sanchez angered homosexual activists, whom he referred to as gay [[jihadist]] and [[gay fundamentalist]] when he stated that his orientation was not gay.[Sanchez blog http://www.mattsanchez.blogspot.com] Gay activists have since criticized Sanchez for being [[anti-gay]] or refusing to speak out in support of homosexual causes. Sanchez has vigorously stated that he has no interest in homosexual causes whatsoever, which has caused a backlash from homosexual bloggers.

Critics have noted that Sanchez is in the middle of the [[cultural wars]] by having been in the adult film industry and being a conservative. Hypocrisy is what critics have shouted, despite Sanchez' strong criticism of the adult pornographic industry and his former participation in that industry. Many prominent conservatives, [[David Horowitz]], [[Kevin McCullough]], [[Michelle Malkin]] and [[Ann Coulter]] have come forward to support Cpl. Matt Sanchez, while many [[liberals]] and particularly [[homosexual]] activists have criticized him for hypocrisy--a criticism he stringently denies.

=== Columbia University ===
Sanchez is currently a student in the School of General Studies at Columbia University. He has passionately defended [[veteran]]s' rights on campus. In particular, he helped win approval for the ''Columbia University War Memorial'', a project that will honor all alumni who have fallen in American conflicts since the [[American Revolutionary War]].

=== Complaints about anti-military bias on Columbia campus ===
[[Image:HC Set.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez on [[Hannity and Colmes]], December 2006]]

Sanchez first became known on campus for making complaints about harassment from Columbia University [[leftists]] for being in the military. He claims to have been called a "baby-killer," along with other epithets. His media appearances include an interview in the ''[[Columbia Spectator]]'', the New York Daily News, USAToday and several articles written for the ''[[New York Post]]'' and the Marine Corps Times, as well as appearances on several [[Fox News]] television programs, including ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'' and ''[[Hannity & Colmes]]''. Sanchez is well connected to people in the conservative [[clubs]] on campus but is not an officer and holds no elected position.

Sanchez was awarded the [[Jeane Kirkpatrick]] Academic Freedom Award for his work fighting discrimination against military and veterans at Columbia University at the [[Conservative Political Action Conference]] in [[March]] of [[2007]]. A photograph of Sanchez with commentator [[Ann Coulter]] taken previous to the event has been reprinted in much of the coverage relating to Sanchez's distinct career history.

=== Escorting Controversy ===
The headless photos pictured below have appeared in both gay and mainstream publications. Talk show host [[Alan Colmes]] cited the image on a web page as well as a phone number. Sanchez has said he too has seen the headless photo in popular sites like '' Manhunt.com'', ''Rentboy.com'', and ''NYPress'' and the ''New York Blade'' especially since the controversy hit the mainstream press. Homosexual bloggers have used this information to call Sanchez a liar. Sanchez told [[Alan Colmes]] that he personally has seen his photos, used without authorization, throughout the country and as far away as Sydney, Australia. Sanchez denies ever placing the ads as a male escort. Sanchez told radio host [[Kevin McCullough]] that pornography is prostitution, a charge many liberal activists have criticized as hypocritical.

<gallery>
Image:Reeves.jpg|Photo at the center of the escorting allegations. This photo appeared in advertisements in both San Francisco and Sydney, Australia at the same time.
Image:Red_Background.jpg|Escorting Controversy: A headless version of this photo has appeared in the New York Blade as well as a San Francisco, Miami, New York.
</gallery>

== External links ==
* [http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/ Sanchez's blog]
* [http://columbia.facebook.com/profile.php?id=112084 Facebook profile]
*[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/01/25/News/A.Firm.Stance-2028984.shtml?norewrite200612152148&sourcedomain=www.columbiaspectator.com ''"A Firm Stance,"'' The Columbia Spectator]
*[http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/03/08/matt_sanchez "Porn free: Left-wing blogs gleefully outed my gay porn past after I criticized antiwar zealots. But the truth has set me free"], ''Salon Magazine'' article by Sanchez, March 8, 2007
*[http://www.nypost.com/seven/12042006/postopinion/opedcolumnists/diversity_double_talkivys_inclusion_excludes_military_opedcolumnists_matt_sanchez.htm?page=0 "Diversity Double-Talkivy's 'Inclusion' Excludes Military"], Op-ed by Sanchez, ''New York Post'', December 4, 2006
*[http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/community/opinion/marine_opinion_sanchez070101/ Sanchez Op-ed to the Marine Corps Community published in the [[Marine Corps Times]] January 1st, 2007]

== External links on the Rod Majors revelation ==
* [http://atkol.com/FORUMS/replies.asp?Forum=3&Topic=8931&ScrollAction=Page+1 Gay video fans voice their suspicions (in December)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imH_J2fcp4Y MSNBC Countdown story]
* [http://www.bwog.net/index.php?page=post&article_id=3235 The Bwog: "Dirty" Sanchez Speaks]
* [http://gawker.com/news/the-gays/rightwing-hero-has-porn-past-claim-gays-241948.php Gawker: Right-Wing Hero Has Porn Past, Claim Gays]
*[http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KevinMcCullough/2007/03/11/why_christians_embrace_gay_porn_stars Why Christians Embrace 'Gay' Porn Stars] by [[Kevin McCullough]]
*[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=27279 David Horowitz Defends Matt Sanchez]
*[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=27479 Matt Sanchez article on changes at Columbia University]
*[http://thebigtalker1210.com/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=485516 David Smerconish Interview March 8th, 2007]
*[http://jeremayakovka.typepad.com/jeremayakovka/2007/03/an_open_letter_.html Self-proclaimed ex-gay blogger open letter to Matt Sanchez]
*[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cliff-schecter/corporal-matt-sanchez-cal_b_44140.html Huggington Post article by blogger Cliff Schecter entitled ''Matt Sanchez Called me a Homophobe'']
*[http://www.rightwingnews.com/mt331/2007/03/in_defense_of_matt_sanchez.php Right Wing Bloggers defend Matt Sanchez]
*[http://larryboy.nycradio.com/~mp3/audio/Kevin%20McCullough%20Live%20From%20New%20York%20WMCA570%20Hour%202%20-%20Kevin%20McCullough%20-%20mon.mp3 Kevin McCullough interview Where Matt Sanchez equates Pornography with Prostitution and speaks of His Faith]
*[http://michellemalkin.com/archives/007013.htm Michelle Malkin Defends Matt Sanchez after Revelations of Past]
*[http://johnstanton.vox.com/library/post/matt-sanchez-appears-on-sirius-the-michelangelo-signorile-show-031207.html Matt Sanchez Appears on Sirius the Michael Signorile Show, March 12th, 2007]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:United States Marines|Sanchez, Matthew]]

Matt Sanchez

2007-03-26T12:22:17Z

Bluemarine: /* Other activities */

[[Image:SanchezWithCoulter-w.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez and Ann Coulter Fox News Green Room, December 2006]]

'''Matthew Sanchez''', or '''Matt Sanchez''' a.k.a. "Rod Majors", (born [[1 December]] [[1970]]) is a [[Columbia University]] student. He has worked as an adult film star. He has served in the [[United States Marine Corps]] and is a [[corporal]].

== Biography ==

=== Early Years ===
Sanchez was born and raised in [[San Jose, California]]. After high school, he traveled to Madrid on vacation where he made a living teaching English at an ''academia'', an informal language center for students. Sanchez worked at several ''academias'' in Italy, France, and Portugal before moving to Montreal for several years where he learned French, and [[Berlin]], where he learned German.

=== Adult Film Career ===
In the early [[1990s]], Sanchez worked as an adult film performer. First, in [[1992]], as ''Pierre LaBranche'' while working for Robert Russell a.k.a. [[Kristen Bjorn]]. In [[1993]], he traveled to Los Angeles and the studios changed his name to the more universal ''Rod Majors''.

He starred in several bisexual videos for Catalina and [[Falcon Entertainment]]. Sanchez appeared in several films including ''Call of the Wild'' (1992), ''Montreal Men'' (1992), and ''Idol Country'' (released in 1994) and posed for '' Playgirl'' . Sanchez subsequently left the adult film industry, and lived in Germany, Miami, Madrid, and New York.

=== Other activities ===
Sanchez was a consultant for TIVO, Digital Cities, and helped to create an early model for web-ads called ''Clickables'', which he sold for an undisclosed amount. He also created and optioned the [Movie Minute http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYX1wEM3yAs]

A ''[[Marine Corps Times]]'' article disclosed that his [[Military Occupational Specialty]] is 1161 that of a [[refrigeration]] [[mechanic]]. Mr. Sanchez recently became a partner in a public relations and marketing firm, but he refuses to name the firm citing political hate mail from internet attackers.

=== Controversy ===
Sanchez angered homosexual activists, whom he referred to as gay [[jihadist]] and [[gay fundamentalist]] when he stated that his orientation was not gay.[Sanchez blog http://www.mattsanchez.blogspot.com] Gay activists have since criticized Sanchez for being [[anti-gay]] or refusing to speak out in support of homosexual causes. Sanchez has vigorously stated that he has no interest in homosexual causes whatsoever, which has caused a backlash from homosexual bloggers.

Critics have noted that Sanchez is in the middle of the [[cultural wars]] by having been in the adult film industry and being a conservative. Hypocrisy is what critics have shouted, despite Sanchez' strong criticism of the adult pornographic industry and his former participation in that industry. Many prominent conservatives, [[David Horowitz]], [[Kevin McCullough]], [[Michelle Malkin]] and [[Ann Coulter]] have come forward to support Cpl. Matt Sanchez, while many [[liberals]] and particularly [[homosexual]] activists have criticized him for hypocrisy--a criticism he stringently denies.

=== Columbia University ===
Sanchez is currently a student in the School of General Studies at Columbia University. He has passionately defended [[veteran]]s' rights on campus. In particular, he helped win approval for the ''Columbia University War Memorial'', a project that will honor all alumni who have fallen in American conflicts since the [[American Revolutionary War]].

=== Complaints about anti-military bias on Columbia campus ===
[[Image:HC Set.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez on [[Hannity and Colmes]], December 2006]]

Sanchez first became known on campus for making complaints about harassment from Columbia University [[leftists]] for being in the military. He claims to have been called a "baby-killer," along with other epithets. His media appearances include an interview in the ''[[Columbia Spectator]]'', the New York Daily News, USAToday and several articles written for the ''[[New York Post]]'' and the Marine Corps Times, as well as appearances on several [[Fox News]] television programs, including ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'' and ''[[Hannity & Colmes]]''. Sanchez is well connected to people in the conservative [[clubs]] on campus but is not an officer and holds no elected position.

Sanchez was awarded the [[Jeane Kirkpatrick]] Academic Freedom Award for his work fighting discrimination against military and veterans at Columbia University at the [[Conservative Political Action Conference]] in [[March]] of [[2007]]. A photograph of Sanchez with commentator [[Ann Coulter]] taken previous to the event has been reprinted in much of the coverage relating to Sanchez's distinct career history.

=== Escorting Controversy ===
The headless photos pictured below have appeared in both gay and mainstream publications. Talk show host [[Alan Colmes]] cited the image on a web page as well as a phone number. Sanchez has said he too has seen the headless photo in popular sites like '' Manhunt.com'', ''Rentboy.com'', and ''NYPress'' and the ''New York Blade'' especially since the controversy hit the mainstream press. Homosexual bloggers have used this information to call Sanchez a liar. Sanchez told [[Alan Colmes]] that he personally has seen his photos, used without authorization, throughout the country and as far away as Sydney, Australia. Sanchez denies ever placing the ads as a male escort. Sanchez told radio host [[Kevin McCullough]] that pornography is prostitution, a charge many liberal activists have criticized as hypocritical.

<gallery>
Image:Reeves.jpg|Photo at the center of the escorting allegations. This photo appeared in advertisements in both San Francisco and Sydney, Australia at the same time.
Image:Red_Background.jpg|Escorting Controversy: A headless version of this photo has appeared in the New York Blade as well as a San Francisco, Miami, New York.
</gallery>

== External links ==
* [http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/ Sanchez's blog]
* [http://columbia.facebook.com/profile.php?id=112084 Facebook profile]
*[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/01/25/News/A.Firm.Stance-2028984.shtml?norewrite200612152148&sourcedomain=www.columbiaspectator.com ''"A Firm Stance,"'' The Columbia Spectator]
*[http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/03/08/matt_sanchez "Porn free: Left-wing blogs gleefully outed my gay porn past after I criticized antiwar zealots. But the truth has set me free"], ''Salon Magazine'' article by Sanchez, March 8, 2007
*[http://www.nypost.com/seven/12042006/postopinion/opedcolumnists/diversity_double_talkivys_inclusion_excludes_military_opedcolumnists_matt_sanchez.htm?page=0 "Diversity Double-Talkivy's 'Inclusion' Excludes Military"], Op-ed by Sanchez, ''New York Post'', December 4, 2006
*[http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/community/opinion/marine_opinion_sanchez070101/ Sanchez Op-ed to the Marine Corps Community published in the [[Marine Corps Times]] January 1st, 2007]

== External links on the Rod Majors revelation ==
* [http://atkol.com/FORUMS/replies.asp?Forum=3&Topic=8931&ScrollAction=Page+1 Gay video fans voice their suspicions (in December)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imH_J2fcp4Y MSNBC Countdown story]
* [http://www.bwog.net/index.php?page=post&article_id=3235 The Bwog: "Dirty" Sanchez Speaks]
* [http://gawker.com/news/the-gays/rightwing-hero-has-porn-past-claim-gays-241948.php Gawker: Right-Wing Hero Has Porn Past, Claim Gays]
*[http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KevinMcCullough/2007/03/11/why_christians_embrace_gay_porn_stars Why Christians Embrace 'Gay' Porn Stars] by [[Kevin McCullough]]
*[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=27279 David Horowitz Defends Matt Sanchez]
*[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=27479 Matt Sanchez article on changes at Columbia University]
*[http://thebigtalker1210.com/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=485516 David Smerconish Interview March 8th, 2007]
*[http://jeremayakovka.typepad.com/jeremayakovka/2007/03/an_open_letter_.html Self-proclaimed ex-gay blogger open letter to Matt Sanchez]
*[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cliff-schecter/corporal-matt-sanchez-cal_b_44140.html Huggington Post article by blogger Cliff Schecter entitled ''Matt Sanchez Called me a Homophobe'']
*[http://www.rightwingnews.com/mt331/2007/03/in_defense_of_matt_sanchez.php Right Wing Bloggers defend Matt Sanchez]
*[http://larryboy.nycradio.com/~mp3/audio/Kevin%20McCullough%20Live%20From%20New%20York%20WMCA570%20Hour%202%20-%20Kevin%20McCullough%20-%20mon.mp3 Kevin McCullough interview Where Matt Sanchez equates Pornography with Prostitution and speaks of His Faith]
*[http://michellemalkin.com/archives/007013.htm Michelle Malkin Defends Matt Sanchez after Revelations of Past]
*[http://johnstanton.vox.com/library/post/matt-sanchez-appears-on-sirius-the-michelangelo-signorile-show-031207.html Matt Sanchez Appears on Sirius the Michael Signorile Show, March 12th, 2007]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:United States Marines|Sanchez, Matthew]]

Matt Sanchez

2007-03-26T12:21:33Z

Bluemarine: /* Other activities */

[[Image:SanchezWithCoulter-w.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez and Ann Coulter Fox News Green Room, December 2006]]

'''Matthew Sanchez''', or '''Matt Sanchez''' a.k.a. "Rod Majors", (born [[1 December]] [[1970]]) is a [[Columbia University]] student. He has worked as an adult film star. He has served in the [[United States Marine Corps]] and is a [[corporal]].

== Biography ==

=== Early Years ===
Sanchez was born and raised in [[San Jose, California]]. After high school, he traveled to Madrid on vacation where he made a living teaching English at an ''academia'', an informal language center for students. Sanchez worked at several ''academias'' in Italy, France, and Portugal before moving to Montreal for several years where he learned French, and [[Berlin]], where he learned German.

=== Adult Film Career ===
In the early [[1990s]], Sanchez worked as an adult film performer. First, in [[1992]], as ''Pierre LaBranche'' while working for Robert Russell a.k.a. [[Kristen Bjorn]]. In [[1993]], he traveled to Los Angeles and the studios changed his name to the more universal ''Rod Majors''.

He starred in several bisexual videos for Catalina and [[Falcon Entertainment]]. Sanchez appeared in several films including ''Call of the Wild'' (1992), ''Montreal Men'' (1992), and ''Idol Country'' (released in 1994) and posed for '' Playgirl'' . Sanchez subsequently left the adult film industry, and lived in Germany, Miami, Madrid, and New York.

=== Other activities ===
Sanchez was a consultant for TIVO, Digital Cities, and helped to create an early model for web-ads called ''Clickables'', which he sold for an undisclosed amount. He also created and optioned the [Movie Minutehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYX1wEM3yAs]

A ''[[Marine Corps Times]]'' article disclosed that his [[Military Occupational Specialty]] is 1161 that of a [[refrigeration]] [[mechanic]]. Mr. Sanchez recently became a partner in a public relations and marketing firm, but he refuses to name the firm citing political hate mail from internet attackers.

=== Controversy ===
Sanchez angered homosexual activists, whom he referred to as gay [[jihadist]] and [[gay fundamentalist]] when he stated that his orientation was not gay.[Sanchez blog http://www.mattsanchez.blogspot.com] Gay activists have since criticized Sanchez for being [[anti-gay]] or refusing to speak out in support of homosexual causes. Sanchez has vigorously stated that he has no interest in homosexual causes whatsoever, which has caused a backlash from homosexual bloggers.

Critics have noted that Sanchez is in the middle of the [[cultural wars]] by having been in the adult film industry and being a conservative. Hypocrisy is what critics have shouted, despite Sanchez' strong criticism of the adult pornographic industry and his former participation in that industry. Many prominent conservatives, [[David Horowitz]], [[Kevin McCullough]], [[Michelle Malkin]] and [[Ann Coulter]] have come forward to support Cpl. Matt Sanchez, while many [[liberals]] and particularly [[homosexual]] activists have criticized him for hypocrisy--a criticism he stringently denies.

=== Columbia University ===
Sanchez is currently a student in the School of General Studies at Columbia University. He has passionately defended [[veteran]]s' rights on campus. In particular, he helped win approval for the ''Columbia University War Memorial'', a project that will honor all alumni who have fallen in American conflicts since the [[American Revolutionary War]].

=== Complaints about anti-military bias on Columbia campus ===
[[Image:HC Set.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez on [[Hannity and Colmes]], December 2006]]

Sanchez first became known on campus for making complaints about harassment from Columbia University [[leftists]] for being in the military. He claims to have been called a "baby-killer," along with other epithets. His media appearances include an interview in the ''[[Columbia Spectator]]'', the New York Daily News, USAToday and several articles written for the ''[[New York Post]]'' and the Marine Corps Times, as well as appearances on several [[Fox News]] television programs, including ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'' and ''[[Hannity & Colmes]]''. Sanchez is well connected to people in the conservative [[clubs]] on campus but is not an officer and holds no elected position.

Sanchez was awarded the [[Jeane Kirkpatrick]] Academic Freedom Award for his work fighting discrimination against military and veterans at Columbia University at the [[Conservative Political Action Conference]] in [[March]] of [[2007]]. A photograph of Sanchez with commentator [[Ann Coulter]] taken previous to the event has been reprinted in much of the coverage relating to Sanchez's distinct career history.

=== Escorting Controversy ===
The headless photos pictured below have appeared in both gay and mainstream publications. Talk show host [[Alan Colmes]] cited the image on a web page as well as a phone number. Sanchez has said he too has seen the headless photo in popular sites like '' Manhunt.com'', ''Rentboy.com'', and ''NYPress'' and the ''New York Blade'' especially since the controversy hit the mainstream press. Homosexual bloggers have used this information to call Sanchez a liar. Sanchez told [[Alan Colmes]] that he personally has seen his photos, used without authorization, throughout the country and as far away as Sydney, Australia. Sanchez denies ever placing the ads as a male escort. Sanchez told radio host [[Kevin McCullough]] that pornography is prostitution, a charge many liberal activists have criticized as hypocritical.

<gallery>
Image:Reeves.jpg|Photo at the center of the escorting allegations. This photo appeared in advertisements in both San Francisco and Sydney, Australia at the same time.
Image:Red_Background.jpg|Escorting Controversy: A headless version of this photo has appeared in the New York Blade as well as a San Francisco, Miami, New York.
</gallery>

== External links ==
* [http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/ Sanchez's blog]
* [http://columbia.facebook.com/profile.php?id=112084 Facebook profile]
*[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/01/25/News/A.Firm.Stance-2028984.shtml?norewrite200612152148&sourcedomain=www.columbiaspectator.com ''"A Firm Stance,"'' The Columbia Spectator]
*[http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/03/08/matt_sanchez "Porn free: Left-wing blogs gleefully outed my gay porn past after I criticized antiwar zealots. But the truth has set me free"], ''Salon Magazine'' article by Sanchez, March 8, 2007
*[http://www.nypost.com/seven/12042006/postopinion/opedcolumnists/diversity_double_talkivys_inclusion_excludes_military_opedcolumnists_matt_sanchez.htm?page=0 "Diversity Double-Talkivy's 'Inclusion' Excludes Military"], Op-ed by Sanchez, ''New York Post'', December 4, 2006
*[http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/community/opinion/marine_opinion_sanchez070101/ Sanchez Op-ed to the Marine Corps Community published in the [[Marine Corps Times]] January 1st, 2007]

== External links on the Rod Majors revelation ==
* [http://atkol.com/FORUMS/replies.asp?Forum=3&Topic=8931&ScrollAction=Page+1 Gay video fans voice their suspicions (in December)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imH_J2fcp4Y MSNBC Countdown story]
* [http://www.bwog.net/index.php?page=post&article_id=3235 The Bwog: "Dirty" Sanchez Speaks]
* [http://gawker.com/news/the-gays/rightwing-hero-has-porn-past-claim-gays-241948.php Gawker: Right-Wing Hero Has Porn Past, Claim Gays]
*[http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KevinMcCullough/2007/03/11/why_christians_embrace_gay_porn_stars Why Christians Embrace 'Gay' Porn Stars] by [[Kevin McCullough]]
*[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=27279 David Horowitz Defends Matt Sanchez]
*[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=27479 Matt Sanchez article on changes at Columbia University]
*[http://thebigtalker1210.com/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=485516 David Smerconish Interview March 8th, 2007]
*[http://jeremayakovka.typepad.com/jeremayakovka/2007/03/an_open_letter_.html Self-proclaimed ex-gay blogger open letter to Matt Sanchez]
*[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cliff-schecter/corporal-matt-sanchez-cal_b_44140.html Huggington Post article by blogger Cliff Schecter entitled ''Matt Sanchez Called me a Homophobe'']
*[http://www.rightwingnews.com/mt331/2007/03/in_defense_of_matt_sanchez.php Right Wing Bloggers defend Matt Sanchez]
*[http://larryboy.nycradio.com/~mp3/audio/Kevin%20McCullough%20Live%20From%20New%20York%20WMCA570%20Hour%202%20-%20Kevin%20McCullough%20-%20mon.mp3 Kevin McCullough interview Where Matt Sanchez equates Pornography with Prostitution and speaks of His Faith]
*[http://michellemalkin.com/archives/007013.htm Michelle Malkin Defends Matt Sanchez after Revelations of Past]
*[http://johnstanton.vox.com/library/post/matt-sanchez-appears-on-sirius-the-michelangelo-signorile-show-031207.html Matt Sanchez Appears on Sirius the Michael Signorile Show, March 12th, 2007]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:United States Marines|Sanchez, Matthew]]

Matt Sanchez

2007-03-26T12:19:47Z

Bluemarine: /* Controversy */ I fixed a link

[[Image:SanchezWithCoulter-w.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez and Ann Coulter Fox News Green Room, December 2006]]

'''Matthew Sanchez''', or '''Matt Sanchez''' a.k.a. "Rod Majors", (born [[1 December]] [[1970]]) is a [[Columbia University]] student. He has worked as an adult film star. He has served in the [[United States Marine Corps]] and is a [[corporal]].

== Biography ==

=== Early Years ===
Sanchez was born and raised in [[San Jose, California]]. After high school, he traveled to Madrid on vacation where he made a living teaching English at an ''academia'', an informal language center for students. Sanchez worked at several ''academias'' in Italy, France, and Portugal before moving to Montreal for several years where he learned French, and [[Berlin]], where he learned German.

=== Adult Film Career ===
In the early [[1990s]], Sanchez worked as an adult film performer. First, in [[1992]], as ''Pierre LaBranche'' while working for Robert Russell a.k.a. [[Kristen Bjorn]]. In [[1993]], he traveled to Los Angeles and the studios changed his name to the more universal ''Rod Majors''.

He starred in several bisexual videos for Catalina and [[Falcon Entertainment]]. Sanchez appeared in several films including ''Call of the Wild'' (1992), ''Montreal Men'' (1992), and ''Idol Country'' (released in 1994) and posed for '' Playgirl'' . Sanchez subsequently left the adult film industry, and lived in Germany, Miami, Madrid, and New York.

=== Other activities ===
Sanchez was a consultant for TIVO, Digital Cities, and helped to create an early model for web-ads called ''Clickables'', which he sold for an undisclosed amount. He also created and optioned the ''[Movie Minute]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYX1wEM3yAs''

A ''[[Marine Corps Times]]'' article disclosed that his [[Military Occupational Specialty]] is 1161 that of a [[refrigeration]] [[mechanic]]. Mr. Sanchez recently became a partner in a public relations and marketing firm, but he refuses to name the firm citing political hate mail from internet attackers.

=== Controversy ===
Sanchez angered homosexual activists, whom he referred to as gay [[jihadist]] and [[gay fundamentalist]] when he stated that his orientation was not gay.[Sanchez blog http://www.mattsanchez.blogspot.com] Gay activists have since criticized Sanchez for being [[anti-gay]] or refusing to speak out in support of homosexual causes. Sanchez has vigorously stated that he has no interest in homosexual causes whatsoever, which has caused a backlash from homosexual bloggers.

Critics have noted that Sanchez is in the middle of the [[cultural wars]] by having been in the adult film industry and being a conservative. Hypocrisy is what critics have shouted, despite Sanchez' strong criticism of the adult pornographic industry and his former participation in that industry. Many prominent conservatives, [[David Horowitz]], [[Kevin McCullough]], [[Michelle Malkin]] and [[Ann Coulter]] have come forward to support Cpl. Matt Sanchez, while many [[liberals]] and particularly [[homosexual]] activists have criticized him for hypocrisy--a criticism he stringently denies.

=== Columbia University ===
Sanchez is currently a student in the School of General Studies at Columbia University. He has passionately defended [[veteran]]s' rights on campus. In particular, he helped win approval for the ''Columbia University War Memorial'', a project that will honor all alumni who have fallen in American conflicts since the [[American Revolutionary War]].

=== Complaints about anti-military bias on Columbia campus ===
[[Image:HC Set.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez on [[Hannity and Colmes]], December 2006]]

Sanchez first became known on campus for making complaints about harassment from Columbia University [[leftists]] for being in the military. He claims to have been called a "baby-killer," along with other epithets. His media appearances include an interview in the ''[[Columbia Spectator]]'', the New York Daily News, USAToday and several articles written for the ''[[New York Post]]'' and the Marine Corps Times, as well as appearances on several [[Fox News]] television programs, including ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'' and ''[[Hannity & Colmes]]''. Sanchez is well connected to people in the conservative [[clubs]] on campus but is not an officer and holds no elected position.

Sanchez was awarded the [[Jeane Kirkpatrick]] Academic Freedom Award for his work fighting discrimination against military and veterans at Columbia University at the [[Conservative Political Action Conference]] in [[March]] of [[2007]]. A photograph of Sanchez with commentator [[Ann Coulter]] taken previous to the event has been reprinted in much of the coverage relating to Sanchez's distinct career history.

=== Escorting Controversy ===
The headless photos pictured below have appeared in both gay and mainstream publications. Talk show host [[Alan Colmes]] cited the image on a web page as well as a phone number. Sanchez has said he too has seen the headless photo in popular sites like '' Manhunt.com'', ''Rentboy.com'', and ''NYPress'' and the ''New York Blade'' especially since the controversy hit the mainstream press. Homosexual bloggers have used this information to call Sanchez a liar. Sanchez told [[Alan Colmes]] that he personally has seen his photos, used without authorization, throughout the country and as far away as Sydney, Australia. Sanchez denies ever placing the ads as a male escort. Sanchez told radio host [[Kevin McCullough]] that pornography is prostitution, a charge many liberal activists have criticized as hypocritical.

<gallery>
Image:Reeves.jpg|Photo at the center of the escorting allegations. This photo appeared in advertisements in both San Francisco and Sydney, Australia at the same time.
Image:Red_Background.jpg|Escorting Controversy: A headless version of this photo has appeared in the New York Blade as well as a San Francisco, Miami, New York.
</gallery>

== External links ==
* [http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/ Sanchez's blog]
* [http://columbia.facebook.com/profile.php?id=112084 Facebook profile]
*[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/01/25/News/A.Firm.Stance-2028984.shtml?norewrite200612152148&sourcedomain=www.columbiaspectator.com ''"A Firm Stance,"'' The Columbia Spectator]
*[http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/03/08/matt_sanchez "Porn free: Left-wing blogs gleefully outed my gay porn past after I criticized antiwar zealots. But the truth has set me free"], ''Salon Magazine'' article by Sanchez, March 8, 2007
*[http://www.nypost.com/seven/12042006/postopinion/opedcolumnists/diversity_double_talkivys_inclusion_excludes_military_opedcolumnists_matt_sanchez.htm?page=0 "Diversity Double-Talkivy's 'Inclusion' Excludes Military"], Op-ed by Sanchez, ''New York Post'', December 4, 2006
*[http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/community/opinion/marine_opinion_sanchez070101/ Sanchez Op-ed to the Marine Corps Community published in the [[Marine Corps Times]] January 1st, 2007]

== External links on the Rod Majors revelation ==
* [http://atkol.com/FORUMS/replies.asp?Forum=3&Topic=8931&ScrollAction=Page+1 Gay video fans voice their suspicions (in December)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imH_J2fcp4Y MSNBC Countdown story]
* [http://www.bwog.net/index.php?page=post&article_id=3235 The Bwog: "Dirty" Sanchez Speaks]
* [http://gawker.com/news/the-gays/rightwing-hero-has-porn-past-claim-gays-241948.php Gawker: Right-Wing Hero Has Porn Past, Claim Gays]
*[http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KevinMcCullough/2007/03/11/why_christians_embrace_gay_porn_stars Why Christians Embrace 'Gay' Porn Stars] by [[Kevin McCullough]]
*[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=27279 David Horowitz Defends Matt Sanchez]
*[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=27479 Matt Sanchez article on changes at Columbia University]
*[http://thebigtalker1210.com/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=485516 David Smerconish Interview March 8th, 2007]
*[http://jeremayakovka.typepad.com/jeremayakovka/2007/03/an_open_letter_.html Self-proclaimed ex-gay blogger open letter to Matt Sanchez]
*[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cliff-schecter/corporal-matt-sanchez-cal_b_44140.html Huggington Post article by blogger Cliff Schecter entitled ''Matt Sanchez Called me a Homophobe'']
*[http://www.rightwingnews.com/mt331/2007/03/in_defense_of_matt_sanchez.php Right Wing Bloggers defend Matt Sanchez]
*[http://larryboy.nycradio.com/~mp3/audio/Kevin%20McCullough%20Live%20From%20New%20York%20WMCA570%20Hour%202%20-%20Kevin%20McCullough%20-%20mon.mp3 Kevin McCullough interview Where Matt Sanchez equates Pornography with Prostitution and speaks of His Faith]
*[http://michellemalkin.com/archives/007013.htm Michelle Malkin Defends Matt Sanchez after Revelations of Past]
*[http://johnstanton.vox.com/library/post/matt-sanchez-appears-on-sirius-the-michelangelo-signorile-show-031207.html Matt Sanchez Appears on Sirius the Michael Signorile Show, March 12th, 2007]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:United States Marines|Sanchez, Matthew]]

Matt Sanchez

2007-03-26T12:18:33Z

Bluemarine: /* Other activities */ I fixed a link

[[Image:SanchezWithCoulter-w.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez and Ann Coulter Fox News Green Room, December 2006]]

'''Matthew Sanchez''', or '''Matt Sanchez''' a.k.a. "Rod Majors", (born [[1 December]] [[1970]]) is a [[Columbia University]] student. He has worked as an adult film star. He has served in the [[United States Marine Corps]] and is a [[corporal]].

== Biography ==

=== Early Years ===
Sanchez was born and raised in [[San Jose, California]]. After high school, he traveled to Madrid on vacation where he made a living teaching English at an ''academia'', an informal language center for students. Sanchez worked at several ''academias'' in Italy, France, and Portugal before moving to Montreal for several years where he learned French, and [[Berlin]], where he learned German.

=== Adult Film Career ===
In the early [[1990s]], Sanchez worked as an adult film performer. First, in [[1992]], as ''Pierre LaBranche'' while working for Robert Russell a.k.a. [[Kristen Bjorn]]. In [[1993]], he traveled to Los Angeles and the studios changed his name to the more universal ''Rod Majors''.

He starred in several bisexual videos for Catalina and [[Falcon Entertainment]]. Sanchez appeared in several films including ''Call of the Wild'' (1992), ''Montreal Men'' (1992), and ''Idol Country'' (released in 1994) and posed for '' Playgirl'' . Sanchez subsequently left the adult film industry, and lived in Germany, Miami, Madrid, and New York.

=== Other activities ===
Sanchez was a consultant for TIVO, Digital Cities, and helped to create an early model for web-ads called ''Clickables'', which he sold for an undisclosed amount. He also created and optioned the ''[Movie Minute]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYX1wEM3yAs''

A ''[[Marine Corps Times]]'' article disclosed that his [[Military Occupational Specialty]] is 1161 that of a [[refrigeration]] [[mechanic]]. Mr. Sanchez recently became a partner in a public relations and marketing firm, but he refuses to name the firm citing political hate mail from internet attackers.

=== Controversy ===
Sanchez angered homosexual activists, whom he referred to as gay [[jihadist]] and [[gay fundamentalist]] when he stated that his orientation was not gay.[ http://www.mattsanchez.blogspot.com Sanchez blog] Gay activists have since criticized Sanchez for being [[anti-gay]] or refusing to speak out in support of homosexual causes. Sanchez has vigorously stated that he has no interest in homosexual causes whatsoever, which has caused a backlash from homosexual bloggers.

Critics have noted that Sanchez is in the middle of the [[cultural wars]] by having been in the adult film industry and being a conservative. Hypocrisy is what critics have shouted, despite Sanchez' strong criticism of the adult pornographic industry and his former participation in that industry. Many prominent conservatives, [[David Horowitz]], [[Kevin McCullough]], [[Michelle Malkin]] and [[Ann Coulter]] have come forward to support Cpl. Matt Sanchez, while many [[liberals]] and particularly [[homosexual]] activists have criticized him for hypocrisy--a criticism he stringently denies.

=== Columbia University ===
Sanchez is currently a student in the School of General Studies at Columbia University. He has passionately defended [[veteran]]s' rights on campus. In particular, he helped win approval for the ''Columbia University War Memorial'', a project that will honor all alumni who have fallen in American conflicts since the [[American Revolutionary War]].

=== Complaints about anti-military bias on Columbia campus ===
[[Image:HC Set.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez on [[Hannity and Colmes]], December 2006]]

Sanchez first became known on campus for making complaints about harassment from Columbia University [[leftists]] for being in the military. He claims to have been called a "baby-killer," along with other epithets. His media appearances include an interview in the ''[[Columbia Spectator]]'', the New York Daily News, USAToday and several articles written for the ''[[New York Post]]'' and the Marine Corps Times, as well as appearances on several [[Fox News]] television programs, including ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'' and ''[[Hannity & Colmes]]''. Sanchez is well connected to people in the conservative [[clubs]] on campus but is not an officer and holds no elected position.

Sanchez was awarded the [[Jeane Kirkpatrick]] Academic Freedom Award for his work fighting discrimination against military and veterans at Columbia University at the [[Conservative Political Action Conference]] in [[March]] of [[2007]]. A photograph of Sanchez with commentator [[Ann Coulter]] taken previous to the event has been reprinted in much of the coverage relating to Sanchez's distinct career history.

=== Escorting Controversy ===
The headless photos pictured below have appeared in both gay and mainstream publications. Talk show host [[Alan Colmes]] cited the image on a web page as well as a phone number. Sanchez has said he too has seen the headless photo in popular sites like '' Manhunt.com'', ''Rentboy.com'', and ''NYPress'' and the ''New York Blade'' especially since the controversy hit the mainstream press. Homosexual bloggers have used this information to call Sanchez a liar. Sanchez told [[Alan Colmes]] that he personally has seen his photos, used without authorization, throughout the country and as far away as Sydney, Australia. Sanchez denies ever placing the ads as a male escort. Sanchez told radio host [[Kevin McCullough]] that pornography is prostitution, a charge many liberal activists have criticized as hypocritical.

<gallery>
Image:Reeves.jpg|Photo at the center of the escorting allegations. This photo appeared in advertisements in both San Francisco and Sydney, Australia at the same time.
Image:Red_Background.jpg|Escorting Controversy: A headless version of this photo has appeared in the New York Blade as well as a San Francisco, Miami, New York.
</gallery>

== External links ==
* [http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/ Sanchez's blog]
* [http://columbia.facebook.com/profile.php?id=112084 Facebook profile]
*[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/01/25/News/A.Firm.Stance-2028984.shtml?norewrite200612152148&sourcedomain=www.columbiaspectator.com ''"A Firm Stance,"'' The Columbia Spectator]
*[http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/03/08/matt_sanchez "Porn free: Left-wing blogs gleefully outed my gay porn past after I criticized antiwar zealots. But the truth has set me free"], ''Salon Magazine'' article by Sanchez, March 8, 2007
*[http://www.nypost.com/seven/12042006/postopinion/opedcolumnists/diversity_double_talkivys_inclusion_excludes_military_opedcolumnists_matt_sanchez.htm?page=0 "Diversity Double-Talkivy's 'Inclusion' Excludes Military"], Op-ed by Sanchez, ''New York Post'', December 4, 2006
*[http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/community/opinion/marine_opinion_sanchez070101/ Sanchez Op-ed to the Marine Corps Community published in the [[Marine Corps Times]] January 1st, 2007]

== External links on the Rod Majors revelation ==
* [http://atkol.com/FORUMS/replies.asp?Forum=3&Topic=8931&ScrollAction=Page+1 Gay video fans voice their suspicions (in December)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imH_J2fcp4Y MSNBC Countdown story]
* [http://www.bwog.net/index.php?page=post&article_id=3235 The Bwog: "Dirty" Sanchez Speaks]
* [http://gawker.com/news/the-gays/rightwing-hero-has-porn-past-claim-gays-241948.php Gawker: Right-Wing Hero Has Porn Past, Claim Gays]
*[http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KevinMcCullough/2007/03/11/why_christians_embrace_gay_porn_stars Why Christians Embrace 'Gay' Porn Stars] by [[Kevin McCullough]]
*[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=27279 David Horowitz Defends Matt Sanchez]
*[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=27479 Matt Sanchez article on changes at Columbia University]
*[http://thebigtalker1210.com/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=485516 David Smerconish Interview March 8th, 2007]
*[http://jeremayakovka.typepad.com/jeremayakovka/2007/03/an_open_letter_.html Self-proclaimed ex-gay blogger open letter to Matt Sanchez]
*[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cliff-schecter/corporal-matt-sanchez-cal_b_44140.html Huggington Post article by blogger Cliff Schecter entitled ''Matt Sanchez Called me a Homophobe'']
*[http://www.rightwingnews.com/mt331/2007/03/in_defense_of_matt_sanchez.php Right Wing Bloggers defend Matt Sanchez]
*[http://larryboy.nycradio.com/~mp3/audio/Kevin%20McCullough%20Live%20From%20New%20York%20WMCA570%20Hour%202%20-%20Kevin%20McCullough%20-%20mon.mp3 Kevin McCullough interview Where Matt Sanchez equates Pornography with Prostitution and speaks of His Faith]
*[http://michellemalkin.com/archives/007013.htm Michelle Malkin Defends Matt Sanchez after Revelations of Past]
*[http://johnstanton.vox.com/library/post/matt-sanchez-appears-on-sirius-the-michelangelo-signorile-show-031207.html Matt Sanchez Appears on Sirius the Michael Signorile Show, March 12th, 2007]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:United States Marines|Sanchez, Matthew]]

Matt Sanchez

2007-03-26T12:17:08Z

Bluemarine: /* External links on the Rod Majors revelation */ I fixed links

[[Image:SanchezWithCoulter-w.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez and Ann Coulter Fox News Green Room, December 2006]]

'''Matthew Sanchez''', or '''Matt Sanchez''' a.k.a. "Rod Majors", (born [[1 December]] [[1970]]) is a [[Columbia University]] student. He has worked as an adult film star. He has served in the [[United States Marine Corps]] and is a [[corporal]].

== Biography ==

=== Early Years ===
Sanchez was born and raised in [[San Jose, California]]. After high school, he traveled to Madrid on vacation where he made a living teaching English at an ''academia'', an informal language center for students. Sanchez worked at several ''academias'' in Italy, France, and Portugal before moving to Montreal for several years where he learned French, and [[Berlin]], where he learned German.

=== Adult Film Career ===
In the early [[1990s]], Sanchez worked as an adult film performer. First, in [[1992]], as ''Pierre LaBranche'' while working for Robert Russell a.k.a. [[Kristen Bjorn]]. In [[1993]], he traveled to Los Angeles and the studios changed his name to the more universal ''Rod Majors''.

He starred in several bisexual videos for Catalina and [[Falcon Entertainment]]. Sanchez appeared in several films including ''Call of the Wild'' (1992), ''Montreal Men'' (1992), and ''Idol Country'' (released in 1994) and posed for '' Playgirl'' . Sanchez subsequently left the adult film industry, and lived in Germany, Miami, Madrid, and New York.

=== Other activities ===
Sanchez was a consultant for TIVO, Digital Cities, and helped to create an early model for web-ads called ''Clickables'', which he sold for an undisclosed amount. He also created and optioned the ''Movie Minute''[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYX1wEM3yAs]

A ''[[Marine Corps Times]]'' article disclosed that his [[Military Occupational Specialty]] is 1161 that of a [[refrigeration]] [[mechanic]]. Mr. Sanchez recently became a partner in a public relations and marketing firm, but he refuses to name the firm citing political hate mail from internet attackers.

=== Controversy ===
Sanchez angered homosexual activists, whom he referred to as gay [[jihadist]] and [[gay fundamentalist]] when he stated that his orientation was not gay.[ http://www.mattsanchez.blogspot.com Sanchez blog] Gay activists have since criticized Sanchez for being [[anti-gay]] or refusing to speak out in support of homosexual causes. Sanchez has vigorously stated that he has no interest in homosexual causes whatsoever, which has caused a backlash from homosexual bloggers.

Critics have noted that Sanchez is in the middle of the [[cultural wars]] by having been in the adult film industry and being a conservative. Hypocrisy is what critics have shouted, despite Sanchez' strong criticism of the adult pornographic industry and his former participation in that industry. Many prominent conservatives, [[David Horowitz]], [[Kevin McCullough]], [[Michelle Malkin]] and [[Ann Coulter]] have come forward to support Cpl. Matt Sanchez, while many [[liberals]] and particularly [[homosexual]] activists have criticized him for hypocrisy--a criticism he stringently denies.

=== Columbia University ===
Sanchez is currently a student in the School of General Studies at Columbia University. He has passionately defended [[veteran]]s' rights on campus. In particular, he helped win approval for the ''Columbia University War Memorial'', a project that will honor all alumni who have fallen in American conflicts since the [[American Revolutionary War]].

=== Complaints about anti-military bias on Columbia campus ===
[[Image:HC Set.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez on [[Hannity and Colmes]], December 2006]]

Sanchez first became known on campus for making complaints about harassment from Columbia University [[leftists]] for being in the military. He claims to have been called a "baby-killer," along with other epithets. His media appearances include an interview in the ''[[Columbia Spectator]]'', the New York Daily News, USAToday and several articles written for the ''[[New York Post]]'' and the Marine Corps Times, as well as appearances on several [[Fox News]] television programs, including ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'' and ''[[Hannity & Colmes]]''. Sanchez is well connected to people in the conservative [[clubs]] on campus but is not an officer and holds no elected position.

Sanchez was awarded the [[Jeane Kirkpatrick]] Academic Freedom Award for his work fighting discrimination against military and veterans at Columbia University at the [[Conservative Political Action Conference]] in [[March]] of [[2007]]. A photograph of Sanchez with commentator [[Ann Coulter]] taken previous to the event has been reprinted in much of the coverage relating to Sanchez's distinct career history.

=== Escorting Controversy ===
The headless photos pictured below have appeared in both gay and mainstream publications. Talk show host [[Alan Colmes]] cited the image on a web page as well as a phone number. Sanchez has said he too has seen the headless photo in popular sites like '' Manhunt.com'', ''Rentboy.com'', and ''NYPress'' and the ''New York Blade'' especially since the controversy hit the mainstream press. Homosexual bloggers have used this information to call Sanchez a liar. Sanchez told [[Alan Colmes]] that he personally has seen his photos, used without authorization, throughout the country and as far away as Sydney, Australia. Sanchez denies ever placing the ads as a male escort. Sanchez told radio host [[Kevin McCullough]] that pornography is prostitution, a charge many liberal activists have criticized as hypocritical.

<gallery>
Image:Reeves.jpg|Photo at the center of the escorting allegations. This photo appeared in advertisements in both San Francisco and Sydney, Australia at the same time.
Image:Red_Background.jpg|Escorting Controversy: A headless version of this photo has appeared in the New York Blade as well as a San Francisco, Miami, New York.
</gallery>

== External links ==
* [http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/ Sanchez's blog]
* [http://columbia.facebook.com/profile.php?id=112084 Facebook profile]
*[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/01/25/News/A.Firm.Stance-2028984.shtml?norewrite200612152148&sourcedomain=www.columbiaspectator.com ''"A Firm Stance,"'' The Columbia Spectator]
*[http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/03/08/matt_sanchez "Porn free: Left-wing blogs gleefully outed my gay porn past after I criticized antiwar zealots. But the truth has set me free"], ''Salon Magazine'' article by Sanchez, March 8, 2007
*[http://www.nypost.com/seven/12042006/postopinion/opedcolumnists/diversity_double_talkivys_inclusion_excludes_military_opedcolumnists_matt_sanchez.htm?page=0 "Diversity Double-Talkivy's 'Inclusion' Excludes Military"], Op-ed by Sanchez, ''New York Post'', December 4, 2006
*[http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/community/opinion/marine_opinion_sanchez070101/ Sanchez Op-ed to the Marine Corps Community published in the [[Marine Corps Times]] January 1st, 2007]

== External links on the Rod Majors revelation ==
* [http://atkol.com/FORUMS/replies.asp?Forum=3&Topic=8931&ScrollAction=Page+1 Gay video fans voice their suspicions (in December)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imH_J2fcp4Y MSNBC Countdown story]
* [http://www.bwog.net/index.php?page=post&article_id=3235 The Bwog: "Dirty" Sanchez Speaks]
* [http://gawker.com/news/the-gays/rightwing-hero-has-porn-past-claim-gays-241948.php Gawker: Right-Wing Hero Has Porn Past, Claim Gays]
*[http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KevinMcCullough/2007/03/11/why_christians_embrace_gay_porn_stars Why Christians Embrace 'Gay' Porn Stars] by [[Kevin McCullough]]
*[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=27279 David Horowitz Defends Matt Sanchez]
*[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=27479 Matt Sanchez article on changes at Columbia University]
*[http://thebigtalker1210.com/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=485516 David Smerconish Interview March 8th, 2007]
*[http://jeremayakovka.typepad.com/jeremayakovka/2007/03/an_open_letter_.html Self-proclaimed ex-gay blogger open letter to Matt Sanchez]
*[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cliff-schecter/corporal-matt-sanchez-cal_b_44140.html Huggington Post article by blogger Cliff Schecter entitled ''Matt Sanchez Called me a Homophobe'']
*[http://www.rightwingnews.com/mt331/2007/03/in_defense_of_matt_sanchez.php Right Wing Bloggers defend Matt Sanchez]
*[http://larryboy.nycradio.com/~mp3/audio/Kevin%20McCullough%20Live%20From%20New%20York%20WMCA570%20Hour%202%20-%20Kevin%20McCullough%20-%20mon.mp3 Kevin McCullough interview Where Matt Sanchez equates Pornography with Prostitution and speaks of His Faith]
*[http://michellemalkin.com/archives/007013.htm Michelle Malkin Defends Matt Sanchez after Revelations of Past]
*[http://johnstanton.vox.com/library/post/matt-sanchez-appears-on-sirius-the-michelangelo-signorile-show-031207.html Matt Sanchez Appears on Sirius the Michael Signorile Show, March 12th, 2007]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:United States Marines|Sanchez, Matthew]]

Matt Sanchez

2007-03-26T12:16:25Z

Bluemarine: /* External links */ fixed links

[[Image:SanchezWithCoulter-w.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez and Ann Coulter Fox News Green Room, December 2006]]

'''Matthew Sanchez''', or '''Matt Sanchez''' a.k.a. "Rod Majors", (born [[1 December]] [[1970]]) is a [[Columbia University]] student. He has worked as an adult film star. He has served in the [[United States Marine Corps]] and is a [[corporal]].

== Biography ==

=== Early Years ===
Sanchez was born and raised in [[San Jose, California]]. After high school, he traveled to Madrid on vacation where he made a living teaching English at an ''academia'', an informal language center for students. Sanchez worked at several ''academias'' in Italy, France, and Portugal before moving to Montreal for several years where he learned French, and [[Berlin]], where he learned German.

=== Adult Film Career ===
In the early [[1990s]], Sanchez worked as an adult film performer. First, in [[1992]], as ''Pierre LaBranche'' while working for Robert Russell a.k.a. [[Kristen Bjorn]]. In [[1993]], he traveled to Los Angeles and the studios changed his name to the more universal ''Rod Majors''.

He starred in several bisexual videos for Catalina and [[Falcon Entertainment]]. Sanchez appeared in several films including ''Call of the Wild'' (1992), ''Montreal Men'' (1992), and ''Idol Country'' (released in 1994) and posed for '' Playgirl'' . Sanchez subsequently left the adult film industry, and lived in Germany, Miami, Madrid, and New York.

=== Other activities ===
Sanchez was a consultant for TIVO, Digital Cities, and helped to create an early model for web-ads called ''Clickables'', which he sold for an undisclosed amount. He also created and optioned the ''Movie Minute''[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYX1wEM3yAs]

A ''[[Marine Corps Times]]'' article disclosed that his [[Military Occupational Specialty]] is 1161 that of a [[refrigeration]] [[mechanic]]. Mr. Sanchez recently became a partner in a public relations and marketing firm, but he refuses to name the firm citing political hate mail from internet attackers.

=== Controversy ===
Sanchez angered homosexual activists, whom he referred to as gay [[jihadist]] and [[gay fundamentalist]] when he stated that his orientation was not gay.[ http://www.mattsanchez.blogspot.com Sanchez blog] Gay activists have since criticized Sanchez for being [[anti-gay]] or refusing to speak out in support of homosexual causes. Sanchez has vigorously stated that he has no interest in homosexual causes whatsoever, which has caused a backlash from homosexual bloggers.

Critics have noted that Sanchez is in the middle of the [[cultural wars]] by having been in the adult film industry and being a conservative. Hypocrisy is what critics have shouted, despite Sanchez' strong criticism of the adult pornographic industry and his former participation in that industry. Many prominent conservatives, [[David Horowitz]], [[Kevin McCullough]], [[Michelle Malkin]] and [[Ann Coulter]] have come forward to support Cpl. Matt Sanchez, while many [[liberals]] and particularly [[homosexual]] activists have criticized him for hypocrisy--a criticism he stringently denies.

=== Columbia University ===
Sanchez is currently a student in the School of General Studies at Columbia University. He has passionately defended [[veteran]]s' rights on campus. In particular, he helped win approval for the ''Columbia University War Memorial'', a project that will honor all alumni who have fallen in American conflicts since the [[American Revolutionary War]].

=== Complaints about anti-military bias on Columbia campus ===
[[Image:HC Set.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez on [[Hannity and Colmes]], December 2006]]

Sanchez first became known on campus for making complaints about harassment from Columbia University [[leftists]] for being in the military. He claims to have been called a "baby-killer," along with other epithets. His media appearances include an interview in the ''[[Columbia Spectator]]'', the New York Daily News, USAToday and several articles written for the ''[[New York Post]]'' and the Marine Corps Times, as well as appearances on several [[Fox News]] television programs, including ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'' and ''[[Hannity & Colmes]]''. Sanchez is well connected to people in the conservative [[clubs]] on campus but is not an officer and holds no elected position.

Sanchez was awarded the [[Jeane Kirkpatrick]] Academic Freedom Award for his work fighting discrimination against military and veterans at Columbia University at the [[Conservative Political Action Conference]] in [[March]] of [[2007]]. A photograph of Sanchez with commentator [[Ann Coulter]] taken previous to the event has been reprinted in much of the coverage relating to Sanchez's distinct career history.

=== Escorting Controversy ===
The headless photos pictured below have appeared in both gay and mainstream publications. Talk show host [[Alan Colmes]] cited the image on a web page as well as a phone number. Sanchez has said he too has seen the headless photo in popular sites like '' Manhunt.com'', ''Rentboy.com'', and ''NYPress'' and the ''New York Blade'' especially since the controversy hit the mainstream press. Homosexual bloggers have used this information to call Sanchez a liar. Sanchez told [[Alan Colmes]] that he personally has seen his photos, used without authorization, throughout the country and as far away as Sydney, Australia. Sanchez denies ever placing the ads as a male escort. Sanchez told radio host [[Kevin McCullough]] that pornography is prostitution, a charge many liberal activists have criticized as hypocritical.

<gallery>
Image:Reeves.jpg|Photo at the center of the escorting allegations. This photo appeared in advertisements in both San Francisco and Sydney, Australia at the same time.
Image:Red_Background.jpg|Escorting Controversy: A headless version of this photo has appeared in the New York Blade as well as a San Francisco, Miami, New York.
</gallery>

== External links ==
* [http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/ Sanchez's blog]
* [http://columbia.facebook.com/profile.php?id=112084 Facebook profile]
*[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/01/25/News/A.Firm.Stance-2028984.shtml?norewrite200612152148&sourcedomain=www.columbiaspectator.com ''"A Firm Stance,"'' The Columbia Spectator]
*[http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/03/08/matt_sanchez "Porn free: Left-wing blogs gleefully outed my gay porn past after I criticized antiwar zealots. But the truth has set me free"], ''Salon Magazine'' article by Sanchez, March 8, 2007
*[http://www.nypost.com/seven/12042006/postopinion/opedcolumnists/diversity_double_talkivys_inclusion_excludes_military_opedcolumnists_matt_sanchez.htm?page=0 "Diversity Double-Talkivy's 'Inclusion' Excludes Military"], Op-ed by Sanchez, ''New York Post'', December 4, 2006
*[http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/community/opinion/marine_opinion_sanchez070101/ Sanchez Op-ed to the Marine Corps Community published in the [[Marine Corps Times]] January 1st, 2007]

== External links on the Rod Majors revelation ==
* [http://atkol.com/FORUMS/replies.asp?Forum=3&Topic=8931&ScrollAction=Page+1 Gay video fans voice their suspicions (in December)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imH_J2fcp4Y MSNBC Countdown story]
* [http://www.bwog.net/index.php?page=post&article_id=3235 The Bwog: "Dirty" Sanchez Speaks]
* [http://gawker.com/news/the-gays/rightwing-hero-has-porn-past-claim-gays-241948.php Gawker: Right-Wing Hero Has Porn Past, Claim Gays]
*[http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KevinMcCullough/2007/03/11/why_christians_embrace_gay_porn_stars Why Christians Embrace 'Gay' Porn Stars] by [[Kevin McCullough]]
*[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=27279 David Horowitz Defends Matt Sanchez]
*[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=27479 Matt Sanchez article on changes at Columbia University]
*[http://thebigtalker1210.com/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=485516 David Smerconish Interview March 8th, 2007]
*[http://jeremayakovka.typepad.com/jeremayakovka/2007/03/an_open_letter_.html Self-proclaimed ex-gay blogger open letter to Matt Sanchez]
*[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cliff-schecter/corporal-matt-sanchez-cal_b_44140.html Huggington Post article by blogger Cliff Schecter entitled ''Matt Sanchez Called me a Homophobe'']
*[http://www.rightwingnews.com/mt331/2007/03/in_defense_of_matt_sanchez.php Right Wing Bloggers defend Matt Sanchez]
*[ http://larryboy.nycradio.com/~mp3/audio/Kevin%20McCullough%20Live%20From%20New%20York%20WMCA570%20Hour%202%20-%20Kevin%20McCullough%20-%20mon.mp3 Kevin McCullough interview Where Matt Sanchez equates Pornography with Prostitution and speaks of His Faith]
*[http://michellemalkin.com/archives/007013.htm Michelle Malkin Defends Matt Sanchez after Revelations of Past]
*[ http://johnstanton.vox.com/library/post/matt-sanchez-appears-on-sirius-the-michelangelo-signorile-show-031207.html Matt Sanchez Appears on Sirius the Michael Signorile Show, March 12th, 2007]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:United States Marines|Sanchez, Matthew]]

File talk:HC Set.jpg

2007-03-26T12:12:53Z

Bluemarine: New page: This photo explains a lot.

This photo explains a lot.

File:HC Set.jpg

2007-03-26T12:11:17Z

Bluemarine:

Talk:Matt Sanchez

2007-03-26T12:08:49Z

Bluemarine: /* Is he, or isn't he? */ Update to my personal points. Matt Sanchez

You guys are a joke. Nice blog-whoring, too, with the "Bwog" in the links. I'll bet I can guess who wrote the article! HAHA!
--Beth
: What are you talking about? Is there something wrong with having links to the Bwog (a Columbia blog) from a wiki about Columbia? [[User:BAB|BAB]] 17:15, 9 March 2007 (PST)
: If anything, Wikipedia (where you seem to be a user [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Beth_C. Wikipedia user Beth C.]) is the joke because some Wikipedia user just copied the material from WikiCU onto Wikipedia. And he/she didn't even copy the pictures or at least delete the links to them. [[User:BAB|BAB]] 17:18, 9 March 2007 (PST)

There are two other profiles under Matt Sanchez and Matthew Sanchez. Can we merge them?
:There is only one article, at [[Matt Sanchez]]. There is no article under [[Matthew Sanchez]]. Please sign your comments with four tildes (~) in the future. [[User:Admin|Admin]] 04:22, 10 March 2007 (PST)

The photograph of Matt Sanchez with Newt Gingrich that is currently posted under this entry is mine and I haven't released it to anyone. It's been tossed around the web after having been taking from me without my permission. Please remove it. [[User:flasticles|flasticles]]
:Sure. It's deleted. [[User:Admin|Admin]] 08:20, 10 March 2007 (PST)

== Is he, or isn't he? ==

'''
I do not know Andy Towle, and I don't understand why he has inserted himself into this pseudo-controversy[[User:Bluemarine|Bluemarine]] 08:08, 26 March 2007 (EDT)Matt Sanchez
''' Rest assured that many people in the past three weeks have claimed to have known me, dated me etc... "Fame" is a queer thing, especially with the guys who are approaching me.

:Andy Towle, a gay blogger [http://www.towleroad.com/] and former graduate student at Stanford, claims to have briefly dated Sanchez in 1989
:: He has escort ads up and he dated men. I think he is gay.

:: On Matt Sanchez's blog, he has commented that he is not gay and that he hated himself while he was shooting gay porn. He has justified his not being gay, although making gay pornography and working as a male prostitute by suggesting that the public does not understand the social dynamics of sexuality. He has stated that many of the men that he has had sex with were married. I think we have Columbia's next Miriam-esque sex columnist on our hands.

File:Red Background.jpg

2007-03-26T12:05:41Z

Bluemarine:

File:Reeves.jpg

2007-03-26T12:04:07Z

Bluemarine: This is the picture at the center of the controversy

This is the picture at the center of the controversy

Matt Sanchez

2007-03-26T11:59:00Z

Bluemarine: I've merged this article with the Matt Sanchez Wikipedia article

[[Image:SanchezWithCoulter-w.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez and Ann Coulter Fox News Green Room, December 2006]]

'''Matthew Sanchez''', or '''Matt Sanchez''' a.k.a. "Rod Majors", (born [[1 December]] [[1970]]) is a [[Columbia University]] student. He has worked as an adult film star. He has served in the [[United States Marine Corps]] and is a [[corporal]].

== Biography ==

=== Early Years ===
Sanchez was born and raised in [[San Jose, California]]. After high school, he traveled to Madrid on vacation where he made a living teaching English at an ''academia'', an informal language center for students. Sanchez worked at several ''academias'' in Italy, France, and Portugal before moving to Montreal for several years where he learned French, and [[Berlin]], where he learned German.

=== Adult Film Career ===
In the early [[1990s]], Sanchez worked as an adult film performer. First, in [[1992]], as ''Pierre LaBranche'' while working for Robert Russell a.k.a. [[Kristen Bjorn]]. In [[1993]], he traveled to Los Angeles and the studios changed his name to the more universal ''Rod Majors''.

He starred in several bisexual videos for Catalina and [[Falcon Entertainment]]. Sanchez appeared in several films including ''Call of the Wild'' (1992), ''Montreal Men'' (1992), and ''Idol Country'' (released in 1994) and posed for '' Playgirl'' . Sanchez subsequently left the adult film industry, and lived in Germany, Miami, Madrid, and New York.

=== Other activities ===
Sanchez was a consultant for TIVO, Digital Cities, and helped to create an early model for web-ads called ''Clickables'', which he sold for an undisclosed amount. He also created and optioned the ''Movie Minute''[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYX1wEM3yAs]

A ''[[Marine Corps Times]]'' article disclosed that his [[Military Occupational Specialty]] is 1161 that of a [[refrigeration]] [[mechanic]]. Mr. Sanchez recently became a partner in a public relations and marketing firm, but he refuses to name the firm citing political hate mail from internet attackers.

=== Controversy ===
Sanchez angered homosexual activists, whom he referred to as gay [[jihadist]] and [[gay fundamentalist]] when he stated that his orientation was not gay.[ http://www.mattsanchez.blogspot.com Sanchez blog] Gay activists have since criticized Sanchez for being [[anti-gay]] or refusing to speak out in support of homosexual causes. Sanchez has vigorously stated that he has no interest in homosexual causes whatsoever, which has caused a backlash from homosexual bloggers.

Critics have noted that Sanchez is in the middle of the [[cultural wars]] by having been in the adult film industry and being a conservative. Hypocrisy is what critics have shouted, despite Sanchez' strong criticism of the adult pornographic industry and his former participation in that industry. Many prominent conservatives, [[David Horowitz]], [[Kevin McCullough]], [[Michelle Malkin]] and [[Ann Coulter]] have come forward to support Cpl. Matt Sanchez, while many [[liberals]] and particularly [[homosexual]] activists have criticized him for hypocrisy--a criticism he stringently denies.

=== Columbia University ===
Sanchez is currently a student in the School of General Studies at Columbia University. He has passionately defended [[veteran]]s' rights on campus. In particular, he helped win approval for the ''Columbia University War Memorial'', a project that will honor all alumni who have fallen in American conflicts since the [[American Revolutionary War]].

=== Complaints about anti-military bias on Columbia campus ===
[[Image:HC Set.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez on [[Hannity and Colmes]], December 2006]]

Sanchez first became known on campus for making complaints about harassment from Columbia University [[leftists]] for being in the military. He claims to have been called a "baby-killer," along with other epithets. His media appearances include an interview in the ''[[Columbia Spectator]]'', the New York Daily News, USAToday and several articles written for the ''[[New York Post]]'' and the Marine Corps Times, as well as appearances on several [[Fox News]] television programs, including ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'' and ''[[Hannity & Colmes]]''. Sanchez is well connected to people in the conservative [[clubs]] on campus but is not an officer and holds no elected position.

Sanchez was awarded the [[Jeane Kirkpatrick]] Academic Freedom Award for his work fighting discrimination against military and veterans at Columbia University at the [[Conservative Political Action Conference]] in [[March]] of [[2007]]. A photograph of Sanchez with commentator [[Ann Coulter]] taken previous to the event has been reprinted in much of the coverage relating to Sanchez's distinct career history.

=== Escorting Controversy ===
The headless photos pictured below have appeared in both gay and mainstream publications. Talk show host [[Alan Colmes]] cited the image on a web page as well as a phone number. Sanchez has said he too has seen the headless photo in popular sites like '' Manhunt.com'', ''Rentboy.com'', and ''NYPress'' and the ''New York Blade'' especially since the controversy hit the mainstream press. Homosexual bloggers have used this information to call Sanchez a liar. Sanchez told [[Alan Colmes]] that he personally has seen his photos, used without authorization, throughout the country and as far away as Sydney, Australia. Sanchez denies ever placing the ads as a male escort. Sanchez told radio host [[Kevin McCullough]] that pornography is prostitution, a charge many liberal activists have criticized as hypocritical.

<gallery>
Image:Reeves.jpg|Photo at the center of the escorting allegations. This photo appeared in advertisements in both San Francisco and Sydney, Australia at the same time.
Image:Red_Background.jpg|Escorting Controversy: A headless version of this photo has appeared in the New York Blade as well as a San Francisco, Miami, New York.
</gallery>

== External links ==
* [http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/ Sanchez's blog]
* [ http://columbia.facebook.com/profile.php?id=112084 Facebook profile]
* [ http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/01/25/News/A.Firm.Stance-2028984.shtml?norewrite200612152148&sourcedomain=www.columbiaspectator.com ''"A Firm Stance,"'' The Columbia Spectator]
*[http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/03/08/matt_sanchez "Porn free: Left-wing blogs gleefully outed my gay porn past after I criticized antiwar zealots. But the truth has set me free"], ''Salon Magazine'' article by Sanchez, March 8, 2007
*[http://www.nypost.com/seven/12042006/postopinion/opedcolumnists/diversity_double_talkivys_inclusion_excludes_military_opedcolumnists_matt_sanchez.htm?page=0 "Diversity Double-Talkivy's 'Inclusion' Excludes Military"], Op-ed by Sanchez, ''New York Post'', December 4, 2006
*[ http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/community/opinion/marine_opinion_sanchez070101/ Sanchez Op-ed to the Marine Corps Community published in the [[Marine Corps Times]] January 1st, 2007]

== External links on the Rod Majors revelation ==
* [http://atkol.com/FORUMS/replies.asp?Forum=3&Topic=8931&ScrollAction=Page+1 Gay video fans voice their suspicions (in December)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imH_J2fcp4Y MSNBC Countdown story]
* [http://www.bwog.net/index.php?page=post&article_id=3235 The Bwog: "Dirty" Sanchez Speaks]
* [http://gawker.com/news/the-gays/rightwing-hero-has-porn-past-claim-gays-241948.php Gawker: Right-Wing Hero Has Porn Past, Claim Gays]
*[http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KevinMcCullough/2007/03/11/why_christians_embrace_gay_porn_stars Why Christians Embrace 'Gay' Porn Stars] by [[Kevin McCullough]]
*[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=27279 David Horowitz Defends Matt Sanchez]
*[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=27479 Matt Sanchez article on changes at Columbia University]
*[http://thebigtalker1210.com/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=485516 David Smerconish Interview March 8th, 2007]
*[http://jeremayakovka.typepad.com/jeremayakovka/2007/03/an_open_letter_.html Self-proclaimed ex-gay blogger open letter to Matt Sanchez]
*[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cliff-schecter/corporal-matt-sanchez-cal_b_44140.html Huggington Post article by blogger Cliff Schecter entitled ''Matt Sanchez Called me a Homophobe'']
*[http://www.rightwingnews.com/mt331/2007/03/in_defense_of_matt_sanchez.php Right Wing Bloggers defend Matt Sanchez]
*[ http://larryboy.nycradio.com/~mp3/audio/Kevin%20McCullough%20Live%20From%20New%20York%20WMCA570%20Hour%202%20-%20Kevin%20McCullough%20-%20mon.mp3 Kevin McCullough interview Where Matt Sanchez equates Pornography with Prostitution and speaks of His Faith]
*[http://michellemalkin.com/archives/007013.htm Michelle Malkin Defends Matt Sanchez after Revelations of Past]
*[ http://johnstanton.vox.com/library/post/matt-sanchez-appears-on-sirius-the-michelangelo-signorile-show-031207.html Matt Sanchez Appears on Sirius the Michael Signorile Show, March 12th, 2007]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:United States Marines|Sanchez, Matthew]]

Matt Sanchez

2007-03-23T08:59:10Z

Bluemarine: /* Porn star revelation */

[[Image:SanchezWithCoulter-w.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez and Ann Coulter at CPAC]]

Corporal '''Matthew Sanchez''', or '''Matt Sanchez''', (b. 1 December 1970) [[General Studies|GS]] '07 is a 36-year old Columbia student. He was formerly a porn star and escort. He also did a stint in the military and remains a Marine Corps reservist. Sanchez speaks Spanish, French and German. He cites travel and books as some of his main interests; he is rumored to have visited over 50 nations over the course of the past few decades. He is often called "Mateo" by his close friends.

== Biography ==

=== Youth ===
Matt Sanchez was born and raised in San Jose, California. He lived in Madrid, Montreal, and Berlin, where he learned Spanish, French and German respectively.

=== Porn career ===
In the early to mid-1990s, Sanchez worked as a gay porn star. First, in 1993, he used the name '''Pierre LaBranche''' while working for Kristen Bjorn and William Duffault. In 1994, he moved to San Francisco and the studios changed his name to the more universal '''Rod Majors'''. He starred in several gay videos for Catalina and Falcon. Sanchez's film credits include ''Jawbreaker'', ''Donkey Dick'', ''Glory Holes of Fame 3'', ''Idol Country'' (1994), and ''Built Tough''(1995).

Popular conservative radio host, Kevin McCullough of Town Hall talk radio, has used Sanchez's departure from gay pornography to justify the belief that homosexuality is a lifestyle choice that can be changed and is not biological [http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KevinMcCullough/2007/03/11/why_christians_embrace_gay_porn_stars]. Sanchez has stated that he has never identified himself as being a gay man.

=== Other activities before coming to Columbia ===
In the late 1990s, Sanchez left the porn industry, and moved to Berlin for a year. He learned German and allegedly worked at ''Time Out Berlin''.

Sanchez allegedly optioned several screenplays, wrote for the ''Montreal Mirror'', ''Time Out Berlin'', ''Musique Plus'', ''Burn Magazine'', ''Teen People'' and the ''LA Times'' while working in public relations for several undisclosed clients. He also was apparently a consultant for TIVO, Digital Cities, and helped to create an early model for web-ads called ''Clickables'', which he sold for an undisclosed amount. He also created the pilot for a TV series that enabled average moviegoers to offer their opinions of the newest film releases.

=== Military Career ===

According to the Military Times, Sanchez joined the Marine Corps on May 14, 2003 and is a refrigeration mechanic. He is currently on Individual Ready Reserve, which holds the stipulations that he receive no pay or benefits and is not obligated to drill, conduct annual training, or participate in any military activities until activated by Presidential Reserve Callup Authority.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individual_Ready_Reserve].

=== Columbia ===
Sanchez is currently a student at Columbia in the [[School of General Studies]] Class of 2007. He has passionately defended veteran rights on campus. In particular, he won won approval for the ''Columbia University War Memorial'', a project that will honor all alumni who have fallen in American conflicts since the War for Independence.

=== Complaints about military bias on Columbia campus ===
Sanchez became well known after criticizing administration officials for failing to take any action following an incident on campus where members of a socialist student group harassed him at a college activities fair. The students said Sanchez was too stupid to realize that the military was taking advantage of him as a minority. He has since become an an outspoken critic of anti-military bias among students, faculty and administration at Columbia. His media career started with an interview in the [[Columbia Spectator]]. After this he appeared on several Fox News television programs, including the O'Reilly Factor and Hannity and Colmes. Sanchez has received support from conservative student groups such as [[Columbia College Conservative Club]] and the [[College Republicans]].

=== Porn star revelation ===
Sanchez attended the 2007 Conservative Political Action Conference where Ann Coulter made her infamous "faggot" insult about John Edwards. He received the Jeane Kirkpatrick Academic Freedom Award and was photographed with Coulter. A number of gay bloggers (including Joe. My. God) recognized Sanchez as a former gay porn star by the name of '''Rod Majors''', as described above. The story, rapidly seized upon by blogs including [[The Bwog]], Datalounge and Gawker, has since been covered by several major news organizations.

When the allegation hit the blogosphere, Sanchez was quick to respond with an op-ed piece he wrote for the liberal-leaning Salon.com blog. Right-wingers David Horowitz (on Front Page Mag), Kevin McCullough, Rush Limbaugh and Michelle Malkin have come out in Sanchez's defense.

== Photos ==
<gallery>
Image:Sanchez2w.jpg|Sanchez on Fox News
Image:SanchezColumbia.jpg|Sanchez on the Columbia campus
</gallery>

== External links ==
* [http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/ Sanchez's blog]
* [http://www.geocities.com/mateo1970/ Sanchez's Facercise page]
* [http://learning-curve.blogspot.com/2007/03/matt-sanchez.html Reaction from former MilVets VP]
* [http://columbia.facebook.com/profile.php?id=112084 Facebook profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010602153926/www.excellent-top.com/Salut.wav Hear Sanchez talk!]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A3NF0551WKCCF8?_encoding=UTF8 Amazon.com book reviews written by Matthew Sanchez]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/01/25/News/A.Firm.Stance-2028984.shtml?norewrite200612152148&sourcedomain=www.columbiaspectator.com Columbia Spectator: the article that started his media career]
* [http://bp3.blogger.com/_t6rV3U9ZEHM/RfCWo9uOemI/AAAAAAAAAlM/raKZRgT03Ag/s1600-h/latinohook.jpg Alleged Manhunt.net profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010124031600/http://excellent-top.com/ Alleged escort website] (NSFW - don't follow this link if you are too young to view adult material)
* [http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/browse.aspx?srchType=rel&sort=0&rel=25&ObjID=5365 Films featuring Rod Majors]
* [http://www.cybermale.com/tla/rodmajors.html Films featuring Rod Majors, even more of them]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538273/bio IMDb profile]
* [http://www.kristenbjorn.com/BBS/LaBranche.html Interview from 1998 about his porn career]

== External links on the Rod Majors revelation ==
* [http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/03/mcsanchez070309/ Marine Times: Reservist acknowledges gay porn past]
* [http://atkol.com/FORUMS/replies.asp?Forum=3&Topic=8931&ScrollAction=Page+1 Gay video fans voice their suspicions (in December)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imH_J2fcp4Y MSNBC Countdown story]
* [http://www.bwog.net/index.php?page=post&article_id=3235 The Bwog: "Dirty" Sanchez Speaks]
* [http://gawker.com/news/the-gays/rightwing-hero-has-porn-past-claim-gays-241948.php Gawker: Right-Wing Hero Has Porn Past, Claim Gays]
* [http://americablog.blogspot.com/2007/03/alan-colmes-ties-gop-marine-hero.html Sanchez on the Alan Colmes radio show]

[[Category:Students]]
[[Category:Scandals]]

Matt Sanchez

2007-03-23T08:47:42Z

Bluemarine: /* Other activities before coming to Columbia */

[[Image:SanchezWithCoulter-w.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez and Ann Coulter at CPAC]]

Corporal '''Matthew Sanchez''', or '''Matt Sanchez''', (b. 1 December 1970) [[General Studies|GS]] '07 is a 36-year old Columbia student. He was formerly a porn star and escort. He also did a stint in the military and remains a Marine Corps reservist. Sanchez speaks Spanish, French and German. He cites travel and books as some of his main interests; he is rumored to have visited over 50 nations over the course of the past few decades. He is often called "Mateo" by his close friends.

== Biography ==

=== Youth ===
Matt Sanchez was born and raised in San Jose, California. He lived in Madrid, Montreal, and Berlin, where he learned Spanish, French and German respectively.

=== Porn career ===
In the early to mid-1990s, Sanchez worked as a gay porn star. First, in 1993, he used the name '''Pierre LaBranche''' while working for Kristen Bjorn and William Duffault. In 1994, he moved to San Francisco and the studios changed his name to the more universal '''Rod Majors'''. He starred in several gay videos for Catalina and Falcon. Sanchez's film credits include ''Jawbreaker'', ''Donkey Dick'', ''Glory Holes of Fame 3'', ''Idol Country'' (1994), and ''Built Tough''(1995).

Popular conservative radio host, Kevin McCullough of Town Hall talk radio, has used Sanchez's departure from gay pornography to justify the belief that homosexuality is a lifestyle choice that can be changed and is not biological [http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KevinMcCullough/2007/03/11/why_christians_embrace_gay_porn_stars]. Sanchez has stated that he has never identified himself as being a gay man.

=== Other activities before coming to Columbia ===
In the late 1990s, Sanchez left the porn industry, and moved to Berlin for a year. He learned German and allegedly worked at ''Time Out Berlin''.

Sanchez allegedly optioned several screenplays, wrote for the ''Montreal Mirror'', ''Time Out Berlin'', ''Musique Plus'', ''Burn Magazine'', ''Teen People'' and the ''LA Times'' while working in public relations for several undisclosed clients. He also was apparently a consultant for TIVO, Digital Cities, and helped to create an early model for web-ads called ''Clickables'', which he sold for an undisclosed amount. He also created the pilot for a TV series that enabled average moviegoers to offer their opinions of the newest film releases.

=== Military Career ===

According to the Military Times, Sanchez joined the Marine Corps on May 14, 2003 and is a refrigeration mechanic. He is currently on Individual Ready Reserve, which holds the stipulations that he receive no pay or benefits and is not obligated to drill, conduct annual training, or participate in any military activities until activated by Presidential Reserve Callup Authority.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individual_Ready_Reserve].

=== Columbia ===
Sanchez is currently a student at Columbia in the [[School of General Studies]] Class of 2007. He has passionately defended veteran rights on campus. In particular, he won won approval for the ''Columbia University War Memorial'', a project that will honor all alumni who have fallen in American conflicts since the War for Independence.

=== Complaints about military bias on Columbia campus ===
Sanchez became well known after criticizing administration officials for failing to take any action following an incident on campus where members of a socialist student group harassed him at a college activities fair. The students said Sanchez was too stupid to realize that the military was taking advantage of him as a minority. He has since become an an outspoken critic of anti-military bias among students, faculty and administration at Columbia. His media career started with an interview in the [[Columbia Spectator]]. After this he appeared on several Fox News television programs, including the O'Reilly Factor and Hannity and Colmes. Sanchez has received support from conservative student groups such as [[Columbia College Conservative Club]] and the [[College Republicans]].

=== Porn star revelation ===
Sanchez attended the 2007 Conservative Political Action Conference where Ann Coulter made her infamous "faggot" insult about John Edwards. He received the Jeane Kirkpatrick Academic Freedom Award and was photographed with Coulter. A number of gay bloggers (including Joe. My. God) recognized Sanchez as a former gay porn star by the name of '''Rod Majors''', as described above. The story, rapidly seized upon by blogs including [[The Bwog]], Datalounge and Gawker, has since been covered by several major news organizations.

When the allegation hit the blogosphere, Sanchez was quick to respond with an op-ed piece he wrote for the liberal-leaning Salon.com blog. Right-wingers David Horowitz (on Front Page Mag) and Michelle Malkin have come out in Sanchez's defense.

== Photos ==
<gallery>
Image:Sanchez2w.jpg|Sanchez on Fox News
Image:SanchezColumbia.jpg|Sanchez on the Columbia campus
</gallery>

== External links ==
* [http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/ Sanchez's blog]
* [http://www.geocities.com/mateo1970/ Sanchez's Facercise page]
* [http://learning-curve.blogspot.com/2007/03/matt-sanchez.html Reaction from former MilVets VP]
* [http://columbia.facebook.com/profile.php?id=112084 Facebook profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010602153926/www.excellent-top.com/Salut.wav Hear Sanchez talk!]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A3NF0551WKCCF8?_encoding=UTF8 Amazon.com book reviews written by Matthew Sanchez]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/01/25/News/A.Firm.Stance-2028984.shtml?norewrite200612152148&sourcedomain=www.columbiaspectator.com Columbia Spectator: the article that started his media career]
* [http://bp3.blogger.com/_t6rV3U9ZEHM/RfCWo9uOemI/AAAAAAAAAlM/raKZRgT03Ag/s1600-h/latinohook.jpg Alleged Manhunt.net profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010124031600/http://excellent-top.com/ Alleged escort website] (NSFW - don't follow this link if you are too young to view adult material)
* [http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/browse.aspx?srchType=rel&sort=0&rel=25&ObjID=5365 Films featuring Rod Majors]
* [http://www.cybermale.com/tla/rodmajors.html Films featuring Rod Majors, even more of them]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538273/bio IMDb profile]
* [http://www.kristenbjorn.com/BBS/LaBranche.html Interview from 1998 about his porn career]

== External links on the Rod Majors revelation ==
* [http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/03/mcsanchez070309/ Marine Times: Reservist acknowledges gay porn past]
* [http://atkol.com/FORUMS/replies.asp?Forum=3&Topic=8931&ScrollAction=Page+1 Gay video fans voice their suspicions (in December)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imH_J2fcp4Y MSNBC Countdown story]
* [http://www.bwog.net/index.php?page=post&article_id=3235 The Bwog: "Dirty" Sanchez Speaks]
* [http://gawker.com/news/the-gays/rightwing-hero-has-porn-past-claim-gays-241948.php Gawker: Right-Wing Hero Has Porn Past, Claim Gays]
* [http://americablog.blogspot.com/2007/03/alan-colmes-ties-gop-marine-hero.html Sanchez on the Alan Colmes radio show]

[[Category:Students]]
[[Category:Scandals]]

Matt Sanchez

2007-03-23T08:46:18Z

Bluemarine:

[[Image:SanchezWithCoulter-w.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez and Ann Coulter at CPAC]]

Corporal '''Matthew Sanchez''', or '''Matt Sanchez''', (b. 1 December 1970) [[General Studies|GS]] '07 is a 36-year old Columbia student. He was formerly a porn star and escort. He also did a stint in the military and remains a Marine Corps reservist. Sanchez speaks Spanish, French and German. He cites travel and books as some of his main interests; he is rumored to have visited over 50 nations over the course of the past few decades. He is often called "Mateo" by his close friends.

== Biography ==

=== Youth ===
Matt Sanchez was born and raised in San Jose, California. He lived in Madrid, Montreal, and Berlin, where he learned Spanish, French and German respectively.

=== Porn career ===
In the early to mid-1990s, Sanchez worked as a gay porn star. First, in 1993, he used the name '''Pierre LaBranche''' while working for Kristen Bjorn and William Duffault. In 1994, he moved to San Francisco and the studios changed his name to the more universal '''Rod Majors'''. He starred in several gay videos for Catalina and Falcon. Sanchez's film credits include ''Jawbreaker'', ''Donkey Dick'', ''Glory Holes of Fame 3'', ''Idol Country'' (1994), and ''Built Tough''(1995).

Popular conservative radio host, Kevin McCullough of Town Hall talk radio, has used Sanchez's departure from gay pornography to justify the belief that homosexuality is a lifestyle choice that can be changed and is not biological [http://www.townhall.com/columnists/KevinMcCullough/2007/03/11/why_christians_embrace_gay_porn_stars]. Sanchez has stated that he has never identified himself as being a gay man.

=== Other activities before coming to Columbia ===
In the late 1990s, Sanchez left the porn industry, and moved to Berlin for a year. He learned German and allegedly worked at ''Time Out Berlin''. He continued working as an escort during his time in Berlin.


=== Military Career ===

According to the Military Times, Sanchez joined the Marine Corps on May 14, 2003 and is a refrigeration mechanic. He is currently on Individual Ready Reserve, which holds the stipulations that he receive no pay or benefits and is not obligated to drill, conduct annual training, or participate in any military activities until activated by Presidential Reserve Callup Authority.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individual_Ready_Reserve].

=== Columbia ===
Sanchez is currently a student at Columbia in the [[School of General Studies]] Class of 2007. He has passionately defended veteran rights on campus. In particular, he won won approval for the ''Columbia University War Memorial'', a project that will honor all alumni who have fallen in American conflicts since the War for Independence.

=== Complaints about military bias on Columbia campus ===
Sanchez became well known after criticizing administration officials for failing to take any action following an incident on campus where members of a socialist student group harassed him at a college activities fair. The students said Sanchez was too stupid to realize that the military was taking advantage of him as a minority. He has since become an an outspoken critic of anti-military bias among students, faculty and administration at Columbia. His media career started with an interview in the [[Columbia Spectator]]. After this he appeared on several Fox News television programs, including the O'Reilly Factor and Hannity and Colmes. Sanchez has received support from conservative student groups such as [[Columbia College Conservative Club]] and the [[College Republicans]].

=== Porn star revelation ===
Sanchez attended the 2007 Conservative Political Action Conference where Ann Coulter made her infamous "faggot" insult about John Edwards. He received the Jeane Kirkpatrick Academic Freedom Award and was photographed with Coulter. A number of gay bloggers (including Joe. My. God) recognized Sanchez as a former gay porn star by the name of '''Rod Majors''', as described above. The story, rapidly seized upon by blogs including [[The Bwog]], Datalounge and Gawker, has since been covered by several major news organizations.

When the allegation hit the blogosphere, Sanchez was quick to respond with an op-ed piece he wrote for the liberal-leaning Salon.com blog. Right-wingers David Horowitz (on Front Page Mag) and Michelle Malkin have come out in Sanchez's defense.

== Photos ==
<gallery>
Image:Sanchez2w.jpg|Sanchez on Fox News
Image:SanchezColumbia.jpg|Sanchez on the Columbia campus
</gallery>

== External links ==
* [http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/ Sanchez's blog]
* [http://www.geocities.com/mateo1970/ Sanchez's Facercise page]
* [http://learning-curve.blogspot.com/2007/03/matt-sanchez.html Reaction from former MilVets VP]
* [http://columbia.facebook.com/profile.php?id=112084 Facebook profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010602153926/www.excellent-top.com/Salut.wav Hear Sanchez talk!]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A3NF0551WKCCF8?_encoding=UTF8 Amazon.com book reviews written by Matthew Sanchez]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/01/25/News/A.Firm.Stance-2028984.shtml?norewrite200612152148&sourcedomain=www.columbiaspectator.com Columbia Spectator: the article that started his media career]
* [http://bp3.blogger.com/_t6rV3U9ZEHM/RfCWo9uOemI/AAAAAAAAAlM/raKZRgT03Ag/s1600-h/latinohook.jpg Alleged Manhunt.net profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010124031600/http://excellent-top.com/ Alleged escort website] (NSFW - don't follow this link if you are too young to view adult material)
* [http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/browse.aspx?srchType=rel&sort=0&rel=25&ObjID=5365 Films featuring Rod Majors]
* [http://www.cybermale.com/tla/rodmajors.html Films featuring Rod Majors, even more of them]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538273/bio IMDb profile]
* [http://www.kristenbjorn.com/BBS/LaBranche.html Interview from 1998 about his porn career]

== External links on the Rod Majors revelation ==
* [http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/03/mcsanchez070309/ Marine Times: Reservist acknowledges gay porn past]
* [http://atkol.com/FORUMS/replies.asp?Forum=3&Topic=8931&ScrollAction=Page+1 Gay video fans voice their suspicions (in December)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imH_J2fcp4Y MSNBC Countdown story]
* [http://www.bwog.net/index.php?page=post&article_id=3235 The Bwog: "Dirty" Sanchez Speaks]
* [http://gawker.com/news/the-gays/rightwing-hero-has-porn-past-claim-gays-241948.php Gawker: Right-Wing Hero Has Porn Past, Claim Gays]
* [http://americablog.blogspot.com/2007/03/alan-colmes-ties-gop-marine-hero.html Sanchez on the Alan Colmes radio show]

[[Category:Students]]
[[Category:Scandals]]

Matt Sanchez

2007-03-12T05:26:49Z

Bluemarine: /* Columbia */

[[Image:SanchezWithCoulter.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez and Ann Coulter at CPAC]]

Corporal '''Matthew Sanchez''', or '''Matt Sanchez''', (b. 1 December 1970) [[General Studies|GS]] '07 is a 36-year old Columbia student. He was formerly a porn star and escort. He also did a stint in the military and remains a Marine Corps reservist. Sanchez speaks Spanish, French and German. He cites travel and books as some of his main interests; he is rumored to have visited over 50 nations over the course of the past few decades. He is often called "Mateo" by his close friends.

== Biography ==

=== Youth ===
Matt Sanchez was born and raised in San Jose, California. He lived in Madrid, Montreal, and Berlin, where he learned Spanish, French and German respectively.

=== Porn career ===
In the early to mid-1990s, Sanchez worked as a gay porn star. First, in 1993, he used the name '''Pierre LaBranche''' while working for Kristen Bjorn and William Duffault. In 1994, he moved to San Francisco and the studios changed his name to the more universal '''Rod Majors'''.

He starred in several gay and bisexual videos for Catalina and Falcon. Sanchez was successful largely because of a certain 11 inches. Sanchez appeared in several films, including ''Jawbreaker'', ''Montreal Men'', ''Glory Holes of Fame 3'', ''Idol Country'' (1994), and ''Built Tough''(1995).

=== Escort career ===
In addition to his career in porn, Matt Sanchez worked as a male escort. He is thought to have worked in 4 major US cities, charging $300-$350 per session. In an article for Salon.com, he wrote, "Others were comparing me to Jeff Gannon and claiming that I too had advertised my services as a male escort. I won't deny it." Sanchez claims to have been out of the business for 15 years. However, on the Alan Colmes radio show, Colmes confronted Sanchez with evidence that he had been advertising his services in New York Blade (a gay newspaper) as recently as November, 2004. Further evidence of Sanchez's career recently surfaced, with a review of an escort named 'Mateo' (and alias Sanchez has used in the past) appeared on the [http://www.daddysreviews.com/area.php?loc=62260-2-39-10&who=mateo_2_nyc Daddy's Reviews] website.

=== Other activities before coming to Columbia ===
In the late 1990s, Sanchez left the porn industry, and moved to Berlin for a year. He learned German and allegedly worked at ''Time Out Berlin''. He continued working as an escort during his time in Berlin

Sanchez allegedly optioned several screenplays, wrote for the ''Montreal Mirror'', ''Time Out Berlin'', ''Musique Plus'', ''Burn Magazine'', ''Teen People'' and the ''LA Times'' while working in public relations for several undisclosed clients. He also was apparently a consultant for TIVO, Digital Cities, and helped to create an early model for web-ads called ''Clickables'', which he sold for an undisclosed amount.

=== Columbia ===
Sanchez is currently a student at Columbia in the [[School of General Studies]] Class of 2007. He has passionately defended veteran rights on campus. In particular, he won won approval for the ''Columbia University War Memorial'', a project that will honor all alumni who have fallen in American conflicts since the War for Independence.

=== Complaints about military bias on Columbia campus ===
Sanchez became well known after criticizing administration officials for failing to take any action following an incident on campus where members of a [[socialist]] student group harassed him at a college activities fair. The students said Sanchez was too stupid to realize that the military was taking advantage of him as a minority. He has since become an an outspoken critic of anti-military bias among students, faculty and administration at Columbia. His media career started with an interview in the [[Columbia Spectator]]. After this he appeared on several Fox News television programs, including the [[O'Reilly Factor]] and [[Hannity and Colmes]]. Sanchez has received support from conservative student groups such as [[Columbia College Conservative Club]] and the [[College Republicans]].

=== Porn star revelation ===
Sanchez attended the 2007 Conservative Political Action Conference where Ann Coulter made her infamous "faggot" insult about John Edwards. He received the Jeane Kirkpatrick Academic Freedom Award and was photographed with Coulter. A number of gay bloggers (including Joe. My. God) recognized Sanchez as a former gay porn star by the name of '''Rod Majors''', as described above. The story, rapidly seized upon by blogs including [[The Bwog]], Datalounge and Gawker, has since been covered by several major news organizations.

When the allegation hit the blogosphere, Sanchez was quick to respond with an op-ed piece he wrote for the liberal-leaning Salon.com blog. Right-wingers David Horowitz (on Front Page Mag) and Michelle Malkin have come out in Sanchez's defense.

== Photos ==
<gallery>
Image:Sanchez2.jpg|Sanchez on Fox News
Image:SanchezColumbia.jpg|Sanchez on the Columbia campus
</gallery>

== External links ==
* [http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/ Sanchez's blog]
* [http://www.geocities.com/mateo1970/ Sanchez's Facercise page]
* [http://learning-curve.blogspot.com/2007/03/matt-sanchez.html Reaction from former MilVets VP]
* [http://columbia.facebook.com/profile.php?id=112084 Facebook profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010602153926/www.excellent-top.com/Salut.wav Hear Sanchez talk!]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A3NF0551WKCCF8?_encoding=UTF8 Amazon.com book reviews written by Matthew Sanchez]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/01/25/News/A.Firm.Stance-2028984.shtml?norewrite200612152148&sourcedomain=www.columbiaspectator.com Columbia Spectator: the article that started his media career]
* [http://bp3.blogger.com/_t6rV3U9ZEHM/RfCWo9uOemI/AAAAAAAAAlM/raKZRgT03Ag/s1600-h/latinohook.jpg Alleged Manhunt.net profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010124031600/http://excellent-top.com/ Alleged escort website] (NSFW - don't follow this link if you are too young to view adult material)
* [http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/browse.aspx?srchType=rel&sort=0&rel=25&ObjID=5365 Films featuring Rod Majors]
* [http://www.cybermale.com/tla/rodmajors.html Films featuring Rod Majors, even more of them]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538273/bio IMDb profile]
* [http://www.kristenbjorn.com/BBS/LaBranche.html Interview from 1998 about his porn career]

== External links on the Rod Majors revelation ==
* [http://atkol.com/FORUMS/replies.asp?Forum=3&Topic=8931&ScrollAction=Page+1 Gay video fans voice their suspicions (in December)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imH_J2fcp4Y MSNBC Countdown story]
* [http://www.bwog.net/index.php?page=post&article_id=3235 The Bwog: "Dirty" Sanchez Speaks]
* [http://gawker.com/news/the-gays/rightwing-hero-has-porn-past-claim-gays-241948.php Gawker: Right-Wing Hero Has Porn Past, Claim Gays]
* [http://americablog.blogspot.com/2007/03/alan-colmes-ties-gop-marine-hero.html Sanchez on the Alan Colmes radio show]

[[Category:Campus characters]]
[[Category:Scandals]]

Matt Sanchez

2007-03-12T05:26:04Z

Bluemarine: /* Porn career */

[[Image:SanchezWithCoulter.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez and Ann Coulter at CPAC]]

Corporal '''Matthew Sanchez''', or '''Matt Sanchez''', (b. 1 December 1970) [[General Studies|GS]] '07 is a 36-year old Columbia student. He was formerly a porn star and escort. He also did a stint in the military and remains a Marine Corps reservist. Sanchez speaks Spanish, French and German. He cites travel and books as some of his main interests; he is rumored to have visited over 50 nations over the course of the past few decades. He is often called "Mateo" by his close friends.

== Biography ==

=== Youth ===
Matt Sanchez was born and raised in San Jose, California. He lived in Madrid, Montreal, and Berlin, where he learned Spanish, French and German respectively.

=== Porn career ===
In the early to mid-1990s, Sanchez worked as a gay porn star. First, in 1993, he used the name '''Pierre LaBranche''' while working for Kristen Bjorn and William Duffault. In 1994, he moved to San Francisco and the studios changed his name to the more universal '''Rod Majors'''.

He starred in several gay and bisexual videos for Catalina and Falcon. Sanchez was successful largely because of a certain 11 inches. Sanchez appeared in several films, including ''Jawbreaker'', ''Montreal Men'', ''Glory Holes of Fame 3'', ''Idol Country'' (1994), and ''Built Tough''(1995).

=== Escort career ===
In addition to his career in porn, Matt Sanchez worked as a male escort. He is thought to have worked in 4 major US cities, charging $300-$350 per session. In an article for Salon.com, he wrote, "Others were comparing me to Jeff Gannon and claiming that I too had advertised my services as a male escort. I won't deny it." Sanchez claims to have been out of the business for 15 years. However, on the Alan Colmes radio show, Colmes confronted Sanchez with evidence that he had been advertising his services in New York Blade (a gay newspaper) as recently as November, 2004. Further evidence of Sanchez's career recently surfaced, with a review of an escort named 'Mateo' (and alias Sanchez has used in the past) appeared on the [http://www.daddysreviews.com/area.php?loc=62260-2-39-10&who=mateo_2_nyc Daddy's Reviews] website.

=== Other activities before coming to Columbia ===
In the late 1990s, Sanchez left the porn industry, and moved to Berlin for a year. He learned German and allegedly worked at ''Time Out Berlin''. He continued working as an escort during his time in Berlin

Sanchez allegedly optioned several screenplays, wrote for the ''Montreal Mirror'', ''Time Out Berlin'', ''Musique Plus'', ''Burn Magazine'', ''Teen People'' and the ''LA Times'' while working in public relations for several undisclosed clients. He also was apparently a consultant for TIVO, Digital Cities, and helped to create an early model for web-ads called ''Clickables'', which he sold for an undisclosed amount.

=== Columbia ===
Sanchez is currently a student at Columbia in the [[School of General Studies]] Class of 2007. He has passionately defended of veteran rights on campus. In particular, he won won approval for the ''Columbia University War Memorial'', a project that will honor all alumni who have fallen in American conflicts since the War for Independence.

=== Complaints about military bias on Columbia campus ===
Sanchez became well known after criticizing administration officials for failing to take any action following an incident on campus where members of a [[socialist]] student group harassed him at a college activities fair. The students said Sanchez was too stupid to realize that the military was taking advantage of him as a minority. He has since become an an outspoken critic of anti-military bias among students, faculty and administration at Columbia. His media career started with an interview in the [[Columbia Spectator]]. After this he appeared on several Fox News television programs, including the [[O'Reilly Factor]] and [[Hannity and Colmes]]. Sanchez has received support from conservative student groups such as [[Columbia College Conservative Club]] and the [[College Republicans]].

=== Porn star revelation ===
Sanchez attended the 2007 Conservative Political Action Conference where Ann Coulter made her infamous "faggot" insult about John Edwards. He received the Jeane Kirkpatrick Academic Freedom Award and was photographed with Coulter. A number of gay bloggers (including Joe. My. God) recognized Sanchez as a former gay porn star by the name of '''Rod Majors''', as described above. The story, rapidly seized upon by blogs including [[The Bwog]], Datalounge and Gawker, has since been covered by several major news organizations.

When the allegation hit the blogosphere, Sanchez was quick to respond with an op-ed piece he wrote for the liberal-leaning Salon.com blog. Right-wingers David Horowitz (on Front Page Mag) and Michelle Malkin have come out in Sanchez's defense.

== Photos ==
<gallery>
Image:Sanchez2.jpg|Sanchez on Fox News
Image:SanchezColumbia.jpg|Sanchez on the Columbia campus
</gallery>

== External links ==
* [http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/ Sanchez's blog]
* [http://www.geocities.com/mateo1970/ Sanchez's Facercise page]
* [http://learning-curve.blogspot.com/2007/03/matt-sanchez.html Reaction from former MilVets VP]
* [http://columbia.facebook.com/profile.php?id=112084 Facebook profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010602153926/www.excellent-top.com/Salut.wav Hear Sanchez talk!]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A3NF0551WKCCF8?_encoding=UTF8 Amazon.com book reviews written by Matthew Sanchez]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/01/25/News/A.Firm.Stance-2028984.shtml?norewrite200612152148&sourcedomain=www.columbiaspectator.com Columbia Spectator: the article that started his media career]
* [http://bp3.blogger.com/_t6rV3U9ZEHM/RfCWo9uOemI/AAAAAAAAAlM/raKZRgT03Ag/s1600-h/latinohook.jpg Alleged Manhunt.net profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010124031600/http://excellent-top.com/ Alleged escort website] (NSFW - don't follow this link if you are too young to view adult material)
* [http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/browse.aspx?srchType=rel&sort=0&rel=25&ObjID=5365 Films featuring Rod Majors]
* [http://www.cybermale.com/tla/rodmajors.html Films featuring Rod Majors, even more of them]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538273/bio IMDb profile]
* [http://www.kristenbjorn.com/BBS/LaBranche.html Interview from 1998 about his porn career]

== External links on the Rod Majors revelation ==
* [http://atkol.com/FORUMS/replies.asp?Forum=3&Topic=8931&ScrollAction=Page+1 Gay video fans voice their suspicions (in December)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imH_J2fcp4Y MSNBC Countdown story]
* [http://www.bwog.net/index.php?page=post&article_id=3235 The Bwog: "Dirty" Sanchez Speaks]
* [http://gawker.com/news/the-gays/rightwing-hero-has-porn-past-claim-gays-241948.php Gawker: Right-Wing Hero Has Porn Past, Claim Gays]
* [http://americablog.blogspot.com/2007/03/alan-colmes-ties-gop-marine-hero.html Sanchez on the Alan Colmes radio show]

[[Category:Campus characters]]
[[Category:Scandals]]

Matt Sanchez

2007-03-10T19:30:37Z

Bluemarine: /* Youth */

[[Image:SanchezWithCoulter.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez and Ann Coulter at CPAC]]

Corporal '''Matthew Sanchez''', or '''Matt Sanchez''', (b. 1 December 1970) [[General Studies|GS]] '07 is a 36-year old Columbia student. He was formerly a porn star and escort. He also did a stint in the military and remains a Marine Corps reservist. Sanchez speaks Spanish, French and German. He cites travel and books as some of his main interests; he is rumored to have visited over 50 nations over the course of the past few decades. He is often called "Mateo" by his close friends.

== Biography ==

=== Youth ===
Matt Sanchez was born and raised in San Jose, California. He lived in Madrid, Montreal, and Berlin, where he learned Spanish, French and German respectively.

=== Porn career ===
In the early to mid-1990s, Sanchez worked as a gay porn star. First, in 1993, he used the name '''Pierre LaBranche''' while working for Kristen Bjorn and William Duffault. In 1994, he moved to San Francisco and the studios changed his name to the more universal '''Rod Majors'''.

He starred in several gay and bisexual videos for Catalina and Falcon. Sanchez was successful largely because of a certain 11 inches. Sanchez appeared in several films, including ''Jawbreaker'', ''Donkey Dick'', ''Glory Holes of Fame 3'', ''Idol Country'' (1994), and ''Built Tough''(1995).

=== Alleged escort career ===
Furthermore, Matt Sanchez worked as a male escort. He is thought to have worked in 4 major US cities, charging $300-$350 per session. In an article for Salon.com, he wrote, "Others were comparing me to Jeff Gannon and claiming that I too had advertised my services as a male escort. I won't deny it."

=== Other activities before coming to Columbia ===
In the late 1990s, Sanchez left the porn industry, and moved to Berlin for a year. He learned German and allegedly worked at ''Time Out Berlin''. He continued working as an escort during his time in Berlin

Sanchez allegedly optioned several screenplays, wrote for the ''Montreal Mirror'', ''Time Out Berlin'', ''Musique Plus'', ''Burn Magazine'', ''Teen People'' and the ''LA Times'' while working in public relations for several undisclosed clients. He also was apparently a consultant for TIVO, Digital Cities, and helped to create an early model for web-ads called ''Clickables'', which he sold for an undisclosed amount.

=== Columbia ===
Sanchez is currently a student at Columbia in the [[School of General Studies]] Class of 2007. He has passionately defended of veteran rights on campus. In particular, he won won approval for the ''Columbia University War Memorial'', a project that will honor all alumni who have fallen in American conflicts since the War for Independence.

=== Complaints about military bias on Columbia campus ===
Sanchez became well known after criticizing administration officials for failing to take any action following an incident on campus where members of a [[socialist]] student group harassed him at a college activities fair. The students said Sanchez was too stupid to realize that the military was taking advantage of him as a minority. He has since become an an outspoken critic of anti-military bias among students, faculty and administration at Columbia. His media career started with an interview in the [[Columbia Spectator]]. After this he appeared on several Fox News television programs, including the [[O'Reilly Factor]] and [[Hannity and Colmes]]. Sanchez has received support from conservative student groups such as [[Columbia College Conservative Club]] and the [[College Republicans]].

=== Porn star revelation ===
Sanchez attended the 2007 Conservative Political Action Conference where Ann Coulter made her infamous "faggot" insult about John Edwards. He received the Jeane Kirkpatrick Academic Freedom Award and was photographed with Coulter. A number of gay bloggers (including Joe. My. God) recognized Sanchez as a former gay porn star by the name of '''Rod Majors''', as described above. The story, rapidly seized upon by blogs including [[The Bwog]], Datalounge and Gawker, has since been covered by several major news organizations.

When the allegation hit the blogosphere, Sanchez was quick to respond with an op-ed piece he wrote for the liberal-leaning Salon.com blog. Right-wingers David Horowitz (on Front Page Mag) and Michelle Malkin have come out in Sanchez's defense.

== Photos ==
<gallery>
Image:Sanchez2.jpg|Sanchez on Fox News
Image:SanchezColumbia.jpg|Sanchez on the Columbia campus
</gallery>

== External links ==
* [http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/ Sanchez's blog]
* [http://learning-curve.blogspot.com/2007/03/matt-sanchez.html Reaction from former MilVets VP]
* [http://columbia.facebook.com/profile.php?id=112084 Facebook profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010602153926/www.excellent-top.com/Salut.wav Hear Sanchez talk!]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A3NF0551WKCCF8?_encoding=UTF8 Amazon.com book reviews written by Matthew Sanchez]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/01/25/News/A.Firm.Stance-2028984.shtml?norewrite200612152148&sourcedomain=www.columbiaspectator.com Columbia Spectator: the article that started his media career]
* [http://bp3.blogger.com/_t6rV3U9ZEHM/RfCWo9uOemI/AAAAAAAAAlM/raKZRgT03Ag/s1600-h/latinohook.jpg Alleged Manhunt.net profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010124031600/http://excellent-top.com/ Alleged escort website] (NSFW - don't follow this link if you are too young to view adult material)
* [http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/browse.aspx?srchType=rel&sort=0&rel=25&ObjID=5365 Films featuring Rod Majors]
* [http://www.cybermale.com/tla/rodmajors.html Films featuring Rod Majors, even more of them]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538273/bio IMDb profile]
* [http://www.kristenbjorn.com/BBS/LaBranche.html Interview from 1998 about his porn career]

== External links on the Rod Majors revelation ==
* [http://atkol.com/FORUMS/replies.asp?Forum=3&Topic=8931&ScrollAction=Page+1 Gay video fans voice their suspicions (in December)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imH_J2fcp4Y MSNBC Countdown story]
* [http://www.bwog.net/index.php?page=post&article_id=3235 The Bwog: "Dirty" Sanchez Speaks]
* [http://gawker.com/news/the-gays/rightwing-hero-has-porn-past-claim-gays-241948.php Gawker: Right-Wing Hero Has Porn Past, Claim Gays]

[[Category:Campus characters]]
[[Category:Scandals]]

Matt Sanchez

2007-03-10T19:28:21Z

Bluemarine: /* Youth */

[[Image:SanchezWithCoulter.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez and Ann Coulter at CPAC]]

Corporal '''Matthew Sanchez''', or '''Matt Sanchez''', (b. 1 December 1970) [[General Studies|GS]] '07 is a 36-year old Columbia student. He was formerly a porn star and escort. He also did a stint in the military and remains a Marine Corps reservist. Sanchez speaks Spanish, French and German. He cites travel and books as some of his main interests; he is rumored to have visited over 50 nations over the course of the past few decades. He is often called "Mateo" by his close friends.

== Biography ==

=== Youth ===
Matt Sanchez was born and raised in San Jose, California. He lived in Madrid after learning Spanish at school. He then lived in Montreal for 2 years, where he learned French.

=== Porn career ===
In the early to mid-1990s, Sanchez worked as a gay porn star. First, in 1993, he used the name '''Pierre LaBranche''' while working for Kristen Bjorn and William Duffault. In 1994, he moved to San Francisco and the studios changed his name to the more universal '''Rod Majors'''.

He starred in several gay and bisexual videos for Catalina and Falcon. Sanchez was successful largely because of a certain 11 inches. Sanchez appeared in several films, including ''Jawbreaker'', ''Donkey Dick'', ''Glory Holes of Fame 3'', ''Idol Country'' (1994), and ''Built Tough''(1995).

=== Alleged escort career ===
Furthermore, Matt Sanchez worked as a male escort. He is thought to have worked in 4 major US cities, charging $300-$350 per session. In an article for Salon.com, he wrote, "Others were comparing me to Jeff Gannon and claiming that I too had advertised my services as a male escort. I won't deny it."

=== Other activities before coming to Columbia ===
In the late 1990s, Sanchez left the porn industry, and moved to Berlin for a year. He learned German and allegedly worked at ''Time Out Berlin''. He continued working as an escort during his time in Berlin

Sanchez allegedly optioned several screenplays, wrote for the ''Montreal Mirror'', ''Time Out Berlin'', ''Musique Plus'', ''Burn Magazine'', ''Teen People'' and the ''LA Times'' while working in public relations for several undisclosed clients. He also was apparently a consultant for TIVO, Digital Cities, and helped to create an early model for web-ads called ''Clickables'', which he sold for an undisclosed amount.

=== Columbia ===
Sanchez is currently a student at Columbia in the [[School of General Studies]] Class of 2007. He has passionately defended of veteran rights on campus. In particular, he won won approval for the ''Columbia University War Memorial'', a project that will honor all alumni who have fallen in American conflicts since the War for Independence.

=== Complaints about military bias on Columbia campus ===
Sanchez became well known after criticizing administration officials for failing to take any action following an incident on campus where members of a [[socialist]] student group harassed him at a college activities fair. The students said Sanchez was too stupid to realize that the military was taking advantage of him as a minority. He has since become an an outspoken critic of anti-military bias among students, faculty and administration at Columbia. His media career started with an interview in the [[Columbia Spectator]]. After this he appeared on several Fox News television programs, including the [[O'Reilly Factor]] and [[Hannity and Colmes]]. Sanchez has received support from conservative student groups such as [[Columbia College Conservative Club]] and the [[College Republicans]].

=== Porn star revelation ===
Sanchez attended the 2007 Conservative Political Action Conference where Ann Coulter made her infamous "faggot" insult about John Edwards. He received the Jeane Kirkpatrick Academic Freedom Award and was photographed with Coulter. A number of gay bloggers (including Joe. My. God) recognized Sanchez as a former gay porn star by the name of '''Rod Majors''', as described above. The story, rapidly seized upon by blogs including [[The Bwog]], Datalounge and Gawker, has since been covered by several major news organizations.

When the allegation hit the blogosphere, Sanchez was quick to respond with an op-ed piece he wrote for the liberal-leaning Salon.com blog. Right-wingers David Horowitz (on Front Page Mag) and Michelle Malkin have come out in Sanchez's defense.

== Photos ==
<gallery>
Image:Sanchez2.jpg|Sanchez on Fox News
Image:SanchezColumbia.jpg|Sanchez on the Columbia campus
</gallery>

== External links ==
* [http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/ Sanchez's blog]
* [http://learning-curve.blogspot.com/2007/03/matt-sanchez.html Reaction from former MilVets VP]
* [http://columbia.facebook.com/profile.php?id=112084 Facebook profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010602153926/www.excellent-top.com/Salut.wav Hear Sanchez talk!]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A3NF0551WKCCF8?_encoding=UTF8 Amazon.com book reviews written by Matthew Sanchez]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/01/25/News/A.Firm.Stance-2028984.shtml?norewrite200612152148&sourcedomain=www.columbiaspectator.com Columbia Spectator: the article that started his media career]
* [http://bp3.blogger.com/_t6rV3U9ZEHM/RfCWo9uOemI/AAAAAAAAAlM/raKZRgT03Ag/s1600-h/latinohook.jpg Alleged Manhunt.net profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010124031600/http://excellent-top.com/ Alleged escort website] (NSFW - don't follow this link if you are too young to view adult material)
* [http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/browse.aspx?srchType=rel&sort=0&rel=25&ObjID=5365 Films featuring Rod Majors]
* [http://www.cybermale.com/tla/rodmajors.html Films featuring Rod Majors, even more of them]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538273/bio IMDb profile]
* [http://www.kristenbjorn.com/BBS/LaBranche.html Interview from 1998 about his porn career]

== External links on the Rod Majors revelation ==
* [http://atkol.com/FORUMS/replies.asp?Forum=3&Topic=8931&ScrollAction=Page+1 Gay video fans voice their suspicions (in December)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imH_J2fcp4Y MSNBC Countdown story]
* [http://www.bwog.net/index.php?page=post&article_id=3235 The Bwog: "Dirty" Sanchez Speaks]
* [http://gawker.com/news/the-gays/rightwing-hero-has-porn-past-claim-gays-241948.php Gawker: Right-Wing Hero Has Porn Past, Claim Gays]

[[Category:Campus characters]]
[[Category:Scandals]]

Matt Sanchez

2007-03-10T12:19:03Z

Bluemarine: /* Youth */

[[Image:SanchezWithCoulter.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez and Ann Coulter at CPAC]]

Corporal '''Matthew Sanchez''', or '''Matt Sanchez''', (b. 1 December 1970) [[General Studies|GS]] '07 is a 36-year old Columbia student. He was formerly a porn star and escort. He also did a stint in the military and remains a Marine Corps reservist. Sanchez speaks Spanish, French and German. He cites travel and books as some of his main interests; he is rumored to have visited over 50 nations over the course of the past few decades. He is often called "Mateo" by his close friends.

== Biography ==

=== Youth ===
Matt Sanchez was born and raised in San Jose, California. He lived in Madrid after learning Spanish at school. He then lived in Montreal for 2 years, where he learned French.

=== Porn career ===
In the early to mid-1990s, Sanchez worked as a gay porn star. First, in 1993, he used the name '''Pierre LaBranche''' while working for Kristen Bjorn and William Duffault. In 1994, he moved to San Francisco and the studios changed his name to the more universal '''Rod Majors'''.

He starred in several gay and bisexual videos for Catalina and Falcon. Sanchez was successful largely because of a certain 11 inches. Sanchez appeared in several films, including ''Jawbreaker'', ''Donkey Dick'', ''Glory Holes of Fame 3'', ''Idol Country'' (1994), and ''Built Tough''(1995).

=== Alleged escort career ===
Furthermore, Matt Sanchez worked as a male escort. He is thought to have worked in 4 major US cities, charging $300-$350 per session. In an article for Salon.com, he wrote, "Others were comparing me to Jeff Gannon and claiming that I too had advertised my services as a male escort. I won't deny it."

=== Other activities before coming to Columbia ===
In the late 1990s, Sanchez left the porn industry, and moved to Berlin for a year. He learned German and allegedly worked at ''Time Out Berlin''. He continued working as an escort during his time in Berlin

Sanchez allegedly optioned several screenplays, wrote for the ''Montreal Mirror'', ''Time Out Berlin'', ''Musique Plus'', ''Burn Magazine'', ''Teen People'' and the ''LA Times'' while working in public relations for several undisclosed clients. He also was apparently a consultant for TIVO, Digital Cities, and helped to create an early model for web-ads called ''Clickables'', which he sold for an undisclosed amount.

=== Columbia ===
Sanchez is currently a student at Columbia in the [[School of General Studies]] Class of 2007. He has passionately defended of veteran rights on campus. In particular, he won won approval for the ''Columbia University War Memorial'', a project that will honor all alumni who have fallen in American conflicts since the War for Independence.

=== Complaints about military bias on Columbia campus ===
Sanchez became well known after criticizing administration officials for failing to take any action following an incident on campus where members of a [[socialist]] student group harassed him at a college activities fair. The students said Sanchez was too stupid to realize that the military was taking advantage of him as a minority. He has since become an an outspoken critic of anti-military bias among students, faculty and administration at Columbia. His media career started with an interview in the [[Columbia Spectator]]. After this he appeared on several Fox News television programs, including the [[O'Reilly Factor]] and [[Hannity and Colmes]]. Sanchez has received support from conservative student groups such as [[Columbia College Conservative Club]] and the [[College Republicans]].

=== Porn star revelation ===
Sanchez attended the 2007 Conservative Political Action Conference where Ann Coulter made her infamous "faggot" insult about John Edwards. He received the Jeane Kirkpatrick Academic Freedom Award and was photographed with Coulter. A number of gay bloggers (including Joe. My. God) recognized Sanchez as a former gay porn star by the name of '''Rod Majors''', as described above. The story, rapidly seized upon by blogs including [[The Bwog]], Datalounge and Gawker, has since been covered by several major news organizations.

When the allegation hit the blogosphere, Sanchez was quick to respond with an op-ed piece he wrote for the liberal-leaning Salon.com blog. Right-wingers David Horowitz (on Front Page Mag) and Michelle Malkin have come out in Sanchez's defense.

== Photos ==
<gallery>
Image:Sanchez2.jpg|Sanchez on Fox News
Image:SanchezColumbia.jpg|Sanchez on the Columbia campus
Image:RodAndGingrich.jpg|Matt Sanchez and Newt Gingrich
</gallery>

== External links ==
* [http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/ Sanchez's blog]
* [http://learning-curve.blogspot.com/2007/03/matt-sanchez.html Reaction from former MilVets VP]
* [http://columbia.facebook.com/profile.php?id=112084 Facebook profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010602153926/www.excellent-top.com/Salut.wav Hear Sanchez talk!]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A3NF0551WKCCF8?_encoding=UTF8 Amazon.com book reviews written by Matthew Sanchez]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/01/25/News/A.Firm.Stance-2028984.shtml?norewrite200612152148&sourcedomain=www.columbiaspectator.com Columbia Spectator: the article that started his media career]
* [http://bp3.blogger.com/_t6rV3U9ZEHM/RfCWo9uOemI/AAAAAAAAAlM/raKZRgT03Ag/s1600-h/latinohook.jpg Alleged Manhunt.net profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010124031600/http://excellent-top.com/ Alleged escort website] (NSFW - don't follow this link if you are too young to view adult material)
* [http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/browse.aspx?srchType=rel&sort=0&rel=25&ObjID=5365 Films featuring Rod Majors]
* [http://www.cybermale.com/tla/rodmajors.html Films featuring Rod Majors, even more of them]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538273/bio IMDb profile]
* [http://www.kristenbjorn.com/BBS/LaBranche.html Interview from 1998 about his porn career]

== External links on the Rod Majors revelation ==
* [http://atkol.com/FORUMS/replies.asp?Forum=3&Topic=8931&ScrollAction=Page+1 Gay video fans voice their suspicions (in December)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imH_J2fcp4Y MSNBC Countdown story]
* [http://www.bwog.net/index.php?page=post&article_id=3235 The Bwog: "Dirty" Sanchez Speaks]
* [http://gawker.com/news/the-gays/rightwing-hero-has-porn-past-claim-gays-241948.php Gawker: Right-Wing Hero Has Porn Past, Claim Gays]

[[Category:Campus characters]]
[[Category:Scandals]]

Talk:Matt Sanchez

2007-03-10T12:17:29Z

Bluemarine:

Good article [[User:Feinstein|Feinstein]] 21:11, 8 March 2007 (PST)
:Thanks. [[User:BAB|BAB]] 22:00, 8 March 2007 (PST)
:: Isn't it a little redundant to keep mentioning the number of languages that he speaks? Just from a cursory glance, his linguistic abilities seem to have been mentioned at least thrice, which seems a bit much for what is effectively quite a short article.
:::So change the article. [[User:Feinstein|Feinstein]] 11:12, 9 March 2007 (PST)

You guys are a joke. Nice blog-whoring, too, with the "Bwog" in the links. I'll bet I can guess who wrote the article! HAHA!
--Beth
: What are you talking about? Is there something wrong with having links to the Bwog (a Columbia blog) from a wiki about Columbia? [[User:BAB|BAB]] 17:15, 9 March 2007 (PST)
: If anything, Wikipedia (where you seem to be a user [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Beth_C. Wikipedia user Beth C.]) is the joke because some Wikipedia user just copied the material from WikiCU onto Wikipedia. And he/she didn't even copy the pictures or at least delete the links to them. [[User:BAB|BAB]] 17:18, 9 March 2007 (PST)

There are two other profiles under Matt Sanchez and Matthew Sanchez. Can we merge them?

Matt Sanchez

2007-03-10T12:08:33Z

Bluemarine: /* Youth */

[[Image:SanchezWithCoulter.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez and Ann Coulter at CPAC]]

Corporal '''Matthew Sanchez''', or '''Matt Sanchez''', (b. 1 December 1970) [[General Studies|GS]] '07 is a 36-year old Columbia student. He was formerly a porn star and escort. He also did a stint in the military and remains a Marine Corps reservist. Sanchez speaks Spanish, French and German. He cites travel and books as some of his main interests; he is rumored to have visited over 50 nations over the course of the past few decades. He is often called "Mateo" by his close friends.

== Biography ==

=== Youth ===
Matt Sanchez was born and raised in San Jose, California, before moving to Madrid, Montreal and eventually Berlin. A gifted autodidact, Matt Sanchez learned German, Spanish and French without classroom instruction and even wrote articles in local publications in those languages.

=== Porn career ===
In the early to mid-1990s, Sanchez worked as a gay porn star. First, in 1993, he used the name '''Pierre LaBranche''' while working for Kristen Bjorn and William Duffault. In 1994, he moved to San Francisco and the studios changed his name to the more universal '''Rod Majors'''.

He starred in several gay and bisexual videos for Catalina and Falcon. Sanchez was successful largely because of a certain 11 inches. Sanchez appeared in several films, including ''Jawbreaker'', ''Donkey Dick'', ''Glory Holes of Fame 3'', ''Idol Country'' (1994), and ''Built Tough''(1995).

=== Alleged escort career ===
Furthermore, Matt Sanchez worked as a male escort. He is thought to have worked in 4 major US cities, charging $300-$350 per session. In an article for Salon.com, he wrote, "Others were comparing me to Jeff Gannon and claiming that I too had advertised my services as a male escort. I won't deny it."

=== Other activities before coming to Columbia ===
In the late 1990s, Sanchez left the porn industry, and moved to Berlin for a year. He learned German and allegedly worked at ''Time Out Berlin''. He continued working as an escort during his time in Berlin

Sanchez allegedly optioned several screenplays, wrote for the ''Montreal Mirror'', ''Time Out Berlin'', ''Musique Plus'', ''Burn Magazine'', ''Teen People'' and the ''LA Times'' while working in public relations for several undisclosed clients. He also was apparently a consultant for TIVO, Digital Cities, and helped to create an early model for web-ads called ''Clickables'', which he sold for an undisclosed amount.

=== Columbia ===
Sanchez is currently a student at Columbia in the [[School of General Studies]] Class of 2007. He has passionately advocated veteran rights on campus. Cpl. Sanchez won approval for the ''Columbia University War Memorial'', a project that will honor all alumni who have fallen in American conflicts since the War for Independence.

=== Complaints about military bias on Columbia campus ===
Sanchez became well known after criticizing administration officials for failing to take any action following an incident on campus where members of a [[socialist]] student group harassed him at a college activities fair. The students said Sanchez was too stupid to realize that the military was taking advantage of him as a minority. He has since become an an outspoken critic of anti-military bias among students, faculty and administration at Columbia. His media career started with an interview in the [[Columbia Spectator]]. After this he appeared on several Fox News television programs, including the [[O'Reilly Factor]] and [[Hannity and Colmes]]. Sanchez has received support from conservative student groups such as [[Columbia College Conservative Club]] and the [[College Republicans]].

=== Porn star revelation ===
Sanchez attended the 2007 Conservative Political Action Conference where Ann Coulter made her infamous "faggot" insult about John Edwards. He received the Jeane Kirkpatrick Academic Freedom Award and was photographed with Coulter. A number of gay bloggers (including Joe. My. God) recognized Sanchez as a former gay porn star by the name of '''Rod Majors''', as described above. The story, rapidly seized upon by blogs including [[The Bwog]], Datalounge and Gawker, has since been covered by several major news organizations.

When the allegation hit the blogosphere, Sanchez was quick to respond with an op-ed piece he wrote for the liberal-leaning Salon.com blog. Right-wingers David Horowitz (on Front Page Mag) and Michelle Malkin have come out in Sanchez's defense.

== Photos ==
<gallery>
Image:Sanchez2.jpg|Sanchez on Fox News
Image:SanchezColumbia.jpg|Sanchez on the Columbia campus
Image:RodAndGingrich.jpg|Matt Sanchez and Newt Gingrich
</gallery>

== External links ==
* [http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/ Sanchez's blog]
* [http://learning-curve.blogspot.com/2007/03/matt-sanchez.html Reaction from former MilVets VP]
* [http://columbia.facebook.com/profile.php?id=112084 Facebook profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010602153926/www.excellent-top.com/Salut.wav Hear Sanchez talk!]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A3NF0551WKCCF8?_encoding=UTF8 Amazon.com book reviews written by Matthew Sanchez]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/01/25/News/A.Firm.Stance-2028984.shtml?norewrite200612152148&sourcedomain=www.columbiaspectator.com Columbia Spectator: the article that started his media career]
* [http://bp3.blogger.com/_t6rV3U9ZEHM/RfCWo9uOemI/AAAAAAAAAlM/raKZRgT03Ag/s1600-h/latinohook.jpg Alleged Manhunt.net profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010124031600/http://excellent-top.com/ Alleged escort website] (NSFW - don't follow this link if you are too young to view adult material)
* [http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/browse.aspx?srchType=rel&sort=0&rel=25&ObjID=5365 Films featuring Rod Majors]
* [http://www.cybermale.com/tla/rodmajors.html Films featuring Rod Majors, even more of them]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538273/bio IMDb profile]
* [http://www.kristenbjorn.com/BBS/LaBranche.html Interview from 1998 about his porn career]

== External links on the Rod Majors revelation ==
* [http://atkol.com/FORUMS/replies.asp?Forum=3&Topic=8931&ScrollAction=Page+1 Gay video fans voice their suspicions (in December)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imH_J2fcp4Y MSNBC Countdown story]
* [http://www.bwog.net/index.php?page=post&article_id=3235 The Bwog: "Dirty" Sanchez Speaks]
* [http://gawker.com/news/the-gays/rightwing-hero-has-porn-past-claim-gays-241948.php Gawker: Right-Wing Hero Has Porn Past, Claim Gays]

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[[Category:Scandals]]

Matt Sanchez

2007-03-10T10:30:37Z

Bluemarine: /* Columbia */

[[Image:SanchezWithCoulter.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez and Ann Coulter at CPAC]]

Corporal '''Matthew Sanchez''', or '''Matt Sanchez''', (b. 1 December 1970) [[General Studies|GS]] '07 is a 36-year old Columbia student. He was formerly a porn star and escort. He also did a stint in the military and remains a Marine Corps reservist. Sanchez speaks Spanish, French and German. He cites travel and books as some of his main interests; he is rumored to have visited over 50 nations over the course of the past few decades. He is often called "Mateo" by his close friends.

== Biography ==

=== Youth ===
Matt Sanchez was born and raised in San Jose, California. He lived in Madrid after learning Spanish at school. He then lived in Montreal for 2 years, where he learned French. Andy Towle, a gay blogger [http://www.towleroad.com/] and former graduate student at Stanford, claims to have briefly dated Sanchez in 1989.

=== Porn career ===
In the early to mid-1990s, Sanchez worked as a gay porn star. First, in 1993, he used the name '''Pierre LaBranche''' while working for Kristen Bjorn and William Duffault. In 1994, he moved to San Francisco and the studios changed his name to the more universal '''Rod Majors'''.

He starred in several gay and bisexual videos for Catalina and Falcon. Sanchez was successful largely because of a certain 11 inches. Sanchez appeared in several films, including ''Jawbreaker'', ''Donkey Dick'', ''Glory Holes of Fame 3'', ''Idol Country'' (1994), and ''Built Tough''(1995).

=== Alleged escort career ===
Furthermore, Matt Sanchez worked as a male escort. He is thought to have worked in 4 major US cities, charging $300-$350 per session. In an article for Salon.com, he wrote, "Others were comparing me to Jeff Gannon and claiming that I too had advertised my services as a male escort. I won't deny it."

=== Other activities before coming to Columbia ===
In the late 1990s, Sanchez left the porn industry, and moved to Berlin for a year. He learned German and allegedly worked at ''Time Out Berlin''. He continued working as an escort during his time in Berlin

Sanchez allegedly optioned several screenplays, wrote for the ''Montreal Mirror'', ''Time Out Berlin'', ''Musique Plus'', ''Burn Magazine'', ''Teen People'' and the ''LA Times'' while working in public relations for several undisclosed clients. He also was apparently a consultant for TIVO, Digital Cities, and helped to create an early model for web-ads called ''Clickables'', which he sold for an undisclosed amount.

=== Columbia ===
Sanchez is currently a student at Columbia in the [[School of General Studies]] Class of 2007. He has passionately advocated veteran rights on campus. Cpl. Sanchez won approval for the ''Columbia University War Memorial'', a project that will honor all alumni who have fallen in American conflicts since the War for Independence.

=== Complaints about military bias on Columbia campus ===
Sanchez became well known after criticizing administration officials for failing to take any action following an incident on campus where members of a [[socialist]] student group harassed him at a college activities fair. The students said Sanchez was too stupid to realize that the military was taking advantage of him as a minority. He has since become an an outspoken critic of anti-military bias among students, faculty and administration at Columbia. His media career started with an interview in the [[Columbia Spectator]]. After this he appeared on several Fox News television programs, including the [[O'Reilly Factor]] and [[Hannity and Colmes]]. Sanchez has received support from conservative student groups such as [[Columbia College Conservative Club]] and the [[College Republicans]].

=== Porn star revelation ===
Sanchez attended the 2007 Conservative Political Action Conference where Ann Coulter made her infamous "faggot" insult about John Edwards. He received the Jeane Kirkpatrick Academic Freedom Award and was photographed with Coulter. A number of gay bloggers (including Joe. My. God) recognized Sanchez as a former gay porn star by the name of '''Rod Majors''', as described above. The story, rapidly seized upon by blogs including [[The Bwog]], Datalounge and Gawker, has since been covered by several major news organizations.

When the allegation hit the blogosphere, Sanchez was quick to respond with an op-ed piece he wrote for the liberal-leaning Salon.com blog. Right-wingers David Horowitz (on Front Page Mag) and Michelle Malkin have come out in Sanchez's defense.

== Photos ==
<gallery>
Image:Sanchez2.jpg|Sanchez on Fox News
Image:SanchezColumbia.jpg|Sanchez on the Columbia campus
Image:RodAndGingrich.jpg|Matt Sanchez and Newt Gingrich
</gallery>

== External links ==
* [http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/ Sanchez's blog]
* [http://learning-curve.blogspot.com/2007/03/matt-sanchez.html Reaction from former MilVets VP]
* [http://columbia.facebook.com/profile.php?id=112084 Facebook profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010602153926/www.excellent-top.com/Salut.wav Hear Sanchez talk!]
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A3NF0551WKCCF8?_encoding=UTF8 Amazon.com book reviews written by Matthew Sanchez]
* [http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/01/25/News/A.Firm.Stance-2028984.shtml?norewrite200612152148&sourcedomain=www.columbiaspectator.com Columbia Spectator: the article that started his media career]
* [http://bp3.blogger.com/_t6rV3U9ZEHM/RfCWo9uOemI/AAAAAAAAAlM/raKZRgT03Ag/s1600-h/latinohook.jpg Alleged Manhunt.net profile]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010124031600/http://excellent-top.com/ Alleged escort website] (NSFW - don't follow this link if you are too young to view adult material)
* [http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/browse.aspx?srchType=rel&sort=0&rel=25&ObjID=5365 Films featuring Rod Majors]
* [http://www.cybermale.com/tla/rodmajors.html Films featuring Rod Majors, even more of them]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538273/bio IMDb profile]
* [http://www.kristenbjorn.com/BBS/LaBranche.html Interview from 1998 about his porn career]

== External links on the Rod Majors revelation ==
* [http://atkol.com/FORUMS/replies.asp?Forum=3&Topic=8931&ScrollAction=Page+1 Gay video fans voice their suspicions (in December)]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imH_J2fcp4Y MSNBC Countdown story]
* [http://www.bwog.net/index.php?page=post&article_id=3235 The Bwog: "Dirty" Sanchez Speaks]
* [http://gawker.com/news/the-gays/rightwing-hero-has-porn-past-claim-gays-241948.php Gawker: Right-Wing Hero Has Porn Past, Claim Gays]

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[[Category:Scandals]]