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| − | [[Image:SanchezWithCoulter-w.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt Sanchez and Ann Coulter | + | [[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 == | == 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 | + | 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] | |
| − | Sanchez | + | 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. |
| − | Sanchez | + | === 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. | ||
| − | Sanchez | + | 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]]. | |
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| − | === | + | === 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. | |
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| − | === | + | === 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. | |
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| − | Image: | + | 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: | + | 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. |
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/ Sanchez's blog] | * [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://columbia.facebook.com/profile.php?id=112084 Facebook profile | + | *[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] | |
| − | * [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 | ||
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| − | + | == External links on the Rod Majors revelation == | |
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* [http://atkol.com/FORUMS/replies.asp?Forum=3&Topic=8931&ScrollAction=Page+1 Gay video fans voice their suspicions (in December)] | * [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.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://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://gawker.com/news/the-gays/rightwing-hero-has-porn-past-claim-gays-241948.php Gawker: Right-Wing Hero Has Porn Past, Claim Gays] | ||
| − | * [http:// | + | *[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] | |
| − | [[Category: | + | *[http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=27479 Matt Sanchez article on changes at Columbia University] |
| − | [[Category: | + | *[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]] | ||
Revision as of 07:59, 26 March 2007
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.
Contents
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 veterans' 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
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.
Photo at the center of the escorting allegations. This photo appeared in advertisements in both San Francisco and Sydney, Australia at the same time.
Escorting Controversy: A headless version of this photo has appeared in the New York Blade as well as a San Francisco, Miami, New York.
External links
- 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]
- "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
- "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
- Gay video fans voice their suspicions (in December)
- MSNBC Countdown story
- The Bwog: "Dirty" Sanchez Speaks
- Gawker: Right-Wing Hero Has Porn Past, Claim Gays
- Why Christians Embrace 'Gay' Porn Stars by Kevin McCullough
- David Horowitz Defends Matt Sanchez
- Matt Sanchez article on changes at Columbia University
- David Smerconish Interview March 8th, 2007
- Self-proclaimed ex-gay blogger open letter to Matt Sanchez
- Huggington Post article by blogger Cliff Schecter entitled Matt Sanchez Called me a Homophobe
- 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]
- 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]
