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Matt Sanchez

2007-03-21T04:16:53Z

Flasticles: The ceremony for 2nd Lt. Xue was not an official Marine Corps ceremony. It was organized on the part of Columbia MilVets for specifically for the Columbia community and had no official role.

[[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.

=== 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."

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. 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".

=== 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]

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Talk:Matt Sanchez

2007-03-10T16:12:11Z

Flasticles:

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?
: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]]

Talk:Matt Sanchez

2007-03-10T16:11:12Z

Flasticles:

Matt Sanchez

2007-03-10T06:49:49Z

Flasticles: /* Biography */

[[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.

=== 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 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]

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