Matt Sanchez
Corporal Matthew Sanchez, or Matt Sanchez, (b. 1 December 1970) 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.
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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, and Berlin for a year, where he learned German. Andy Towle, a gay blogger [1] 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). Sanchez subsequently left the porn industry, and lived in England and Germany.
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
Sanchez allegedly optioned several screenplay, 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 first became well known on campus for complaining to anyone who would listen about how he was taunted by Columbia leftists for being a minority in the military. He also claimed that the military is an underrepresented minority on campus. 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 & Colmes. Sanchez is well connected to people in the right-wing clubs on campus like the 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 bunch of gay bloggers (such as Joe. My. God) recognized him as the former gay porn star by the name of Rod Majors, as described above. The story was rapidly seized upon by blogs like The Bwog and Gawker, and 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
Sanchez on Fox News
Sanchez on the Columbia campus
External links
- Sanchez's blog
- Sanchez's Facercise Photos
- Amazon.com book reviews written by Matthew Sanchez
- Columbia Spectator: the article that started his media career
- Alleged Manhunt.net profile
- Alleged escort website (NSFW - don't follow this link if you are too young to view adult material)
- Films featuring Rod Majors
- Films featuring Rod Majors, even more of them
- IMDb profile
- Interview from 1998 about his porn career
