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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 is a corporal in the United States Marine Corps, and is currently a 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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| caption    = Matt Sanchez on College Walk at Columbia University, 2006|
 
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| birth_place = [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]] [[Image:USMC_logo.svg‎|25px]]<br>[[San Jose, California]], [[United States of America|USA]] |
 
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| occupation  = [[author]], [[United States Marine]] [[activist]] |
 
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'''Matthew Sanchez''' (born [[1 December]] [[1970]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[United States Marine Corps|United States Marine]] reservist, activist and author, a student at [[Columbia University]], and in the [[1990s]] was a performer in [[pornographic movies]] under such names as '''Rod Majors'''.<ref name="imdb">{{IMDb|0538273|"Rod Majors"}}</ref><ref name="navytimes">{{Cite web|url=http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/03/mcsanchez070309/|title=Reservist acknowledges gay porn past|accessdate=2007-04-04|publisher=Army Times Publishing Company|year=[[2007-03-17]]|author=Hoellwarth, John|work=Navy Times: Navy News}}</ref> He first started achieving major public notoriety in early 2007, when he made complaints of harassment at Columbia University, against students who called him a "baby killer" for being in the military. He appeared on several television talkshows about the incident, and in March 2007 was awarded the first ever [[Jeane Kirkpatrick]] Academic Freedom Award. At the award ceremony, one of the attendees, conservative columnist [[Ann Coulter]], drew negative attention by referring to presidential candidate [[John Edwards]] with a homophobic slur.<ref name=Countdown>{{Cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imH_J2fcp4Y|title=Countdown: Strange Bedfellows. . . "Rod Majors"|accessdate=2007-04-04|author=MSNBC|publisher=YouTube, Inc.|year=[[2007-03-07]]|work=YouTube Broadcast Yourself: Videos|format=video}}</ref> In the ensuing controversy, it became public knowledge that Sanchez himself had been a performer in homosexual/bisexual<ref>http://www.randythomas.org/blog/2007/04/interview_with_.html</ref> adult films in the early 1990s. The story became popular in the [[blogosphere]], especially among homosexual bloggers who insinuated rumors about the details of Sanchez's past.
 
  
 
== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
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Sanchez, who describes himself as being of [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] origin,<ref name=OReilly/> was born and raised in [[San Jose, California]], graduating from [[Independence High School (San Jose, California)|Independence High School]] in 1988. After high school, he traveled to England, Italy, France, China, Australia and Spain where he taught English at ''academias'', an informal language center for students.<ref name=WPHT/> He lived in Quebec in the 1990s, working in the adult entertainment industry both there and in Los Angeles, after which he moved to Germany, where he wrote for publications such as ''[[Time Out]]'' in [[Berlin]]. On [[September 11th]] 2001, Sanchez was on board a plane returning from Europe, when his flight was re-routed and the passengers spent several days on an Army base in [[Halifax]], Canada.<ref>http://matt-sanchez.com</ref>  In 2003, he joined the Marine Corps, where he was trained as an 1161, [[refrigeration]] [[mechanic]] at Aberdeen, Maryland.<ref name="navytimes" />.  He was later activated to support the shipping of equipment overseas.<ref>http://matt-sanchez.com</ref>
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=== Youth ===
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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 ===
 
=== Adult film career ===
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In the [[1990s]], Sanchez worked as a performer in adult films which were primarily targeted towards the homosexual and bisexual market,<ref name="tlamajors">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tlavideo.com/templates/results_list.cfm??v=3&sn=1&pid=45164|title=Rod Majors|accessdate=2007-04-04|publisher=TLA Entertainment Group, Inc.|work=tlavideo.com Gay Adult}}</ref><ref name="tlalabranche">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tlavideo.com/templates/results_list.cfm?pid=36831&c=-1&v=3&sn=1|title=Pierre LaBranche|accessdate=2007-04-04|publisher=TLA Entertainment Group, Inc.|work=tlavideo.com Gay Adult}}</ref> starring in videos for Catalina, Bijoux and [[Falcon Entertainment]]. He appeared in [[Robert Russell]] a.k.a [[Kristen Bjorn]]'s ''Call of the Wild'' (1992) and ''Montreal Men'' (1992) as "Pierre LaBranche",<ref name="tlalabranche" /> and ''Idol Country'' was released in 1997;<ref name="imdb" />] (released in 1994), as "Rod Majors". The porn films in which he appeared had original releases no later than 1995;<ref name="tlamajors" /> however, scenes from some films have been re-released as part of compilations. The compilation ''Touched by an Anal'' a more recent release was in 2006, ''Mansex Meltdown''.<ref name="meltdown">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tlavideo.com/details/product_details.cfm?id=234290&v=3&sn=1|title=Mansex Meltdown|accessdate=2007-04-07|publisher=TLA Entertainment Group, Inc.|work=tlavideo.com Gay Adult}}</ref> Sanchez stated in an interview with ''Radar Magazine'' that it "was just the nature of the business, you shoot a lot of films and they use them forever."<ref name="strife">{{Cite web|url=http://www.radaronline.com/features/2007/03/matt_sanchez_1.php|title=Strife of the Party—Meet Matt Sanchez: G.O.P. darling, former gay porn star|accessdate=2007-04-04|publisher=Radar Magazine|year=[[2007-03-30]]|author=Jett, Jack E.|work=Radar: Politics}}</ref>
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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 less French-sounding '''Rod Majors'''.
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He starred in several gay videos for Catalina and Falcon. 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''', all of them are all-male films.<ref>[http://www.iafd.com/person.rme/perfid=RodMajors/gender=m/Rod-Majors.htm IAFD listing]</ref>.  IAFD lists his career as spanning 6 years, 1992-1998. Sanchez has stated that his participation in gay pornography consisted of one or two summers and participation in a total of 7 scenes; the majority of videos being compilations of those scenes. "The porn industry is a pernicious industry, and it is bad".
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Sanchez has stated in a number of interviews that he has also done heterosexual pornography.
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*Signorile: ''You've said that you've also done straight porn, but i can't find the names of any of those films.''<br>
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*Sanchez: ''Yes. I'm sure if you put some bloggers on it...''<br>
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*Signorile: ''No''<br>
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*Sanchez: ''How many gay men are into straight porn? Maybe some.''<br>
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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.
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==== Gay Porn Filmography [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538273/]====
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The Best of Dave Logan (1999) <BR>
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Touched by an Anal (1997) <BR>
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Jawbreaker (1995) Convict 3 <br>
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All About Last Night (1995) <BR>
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Built Tough (1995) <BR>
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Beat Off Frenzy (1994) <BR>
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Bi-conflict (1994) David <BR>
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Conflict of Interest (1994) Rod <BR>
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Idol Country (1994) First guy in barn <BR>
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Laid to Order (1994) Third guy on couch <BR>
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Lunch Hour 2: Sweating Grease (1994) Garage thief <BR>
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Man to Men (1994) No-nonsense top <BR>
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Secret Sex 2: The Sex Radicals (1994) <BR>
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Montreal Men (1993) (as Pierre LaBranche) .... First hustler <BR>
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Woody's (1993) Rod <BR>
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Call of the Wild (1992) (as Pierre LaBranche) <BR>
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=== Straight Porn Filmography ===
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=== Prostitution career ===
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In addition to his career in porn, Matt Sanchez worked as a male prostitute. While on the Alan Colmes radio show, Alan Colmes asked Sanchez whether he had worked as a prostitute, Sanchez responded in the affirmative.
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*Colmes: ''But tell us what happened? first of all a number of years ago, and how many years ago was it you did gay porn?''<br>
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*Sanchez: ''It was 15 years ago, and it just wasn't gay porn, by the way, uh, but it was 15 years ago.''<br>
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*Colmes: ''What else did it ... what else was it?''<br>
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*Sanchez: ''It was more than that, it was, but it was more than porn.''<br>
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*Colmes: ''Did you work as a male prostitute?''<br>
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*Sanchez: ''That as well, yeah.''<br>
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*Colmes: ''A male prostitute.''<br>
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*Sanchez: ''This was one of the worst periods in my life.''<br>
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He is 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."<ref>[http://ww1.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/03/08/matt_sanchez/ "Porn Free"], Salon.com</ref>
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Bloggers have stated that Sanchez regularly advertised his escorting services in New York's weekly gay publications and via the Internet, under the pseudonym "Excellent Top.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20010602153926/www.excellent-top.com</ref>" The cached internet link to Sanchez's archived escort web page has recently been changed by the page owner to prevent the archived material from being viewable. Sanchez has stated that he does not own nor does he have any knowledge of the "Excellent Top" male escort webpage.
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Sanchez has told interviewers that has been out of the business for 15 years (referring to gay porn). 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. 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". 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>. Sanchez has denied ever placing ads in the Blade or any other gay interest magazine, instead claiming that there have been a number of instances of people pretending to be him. Referencing a Masseur Finder ad featuring Sanchez's photo, Sanchez states "I've seen that, I've been getting calls in the past couple of weeks on that and I am not running that ad". He again alleges, recounting, "I was in Australia one time, I saw someone advertising using my picture".
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On Wikipedia.com, user BlueMarine, who has identified himself as Sanchez (Sanchez has not identified himself as BlueMarine), has stated "I have never "admitted" to being an escort", contradicting Sanchez's article that he wrote for Salon. He claims that his intention in the Colmes interview, while answering in the affirmative to claims of his being a male prostitute were in reference to gay pornography, an industry he says he felt was prostitution.
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In the interview with Colmes, Colmes refers to Sanchez as a hustler of gay men, in reference to his activities as a masseur and as a prostitute. Sanchez clarifies stating that his clients did not all consider themselves gay, were not openly gay, were married, and part of his clientèle was women, "there were definitely tons of women". In the same conversation, Sanchez admits to having advertised his services in gay publications.
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*Colmes: ''You took ads in gay publications...''<br>
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*Sanchez: ''As well, as well as other publications.''<br>
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=== Other activities before coming to Columbia ===
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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'' (either a magazine or a travel guide).
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He has stated in interviews that he worked in Hollywood pitching films, and also worked on the show "Angel" for the WB.
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<!--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.-->
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=== Military Career ===
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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.
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Section 654 of Title 10, United States Code, states <ref>http://web.mit.edu/committees/rotc/code.html</ref> ''"The presence in the armed forces of persons who demonstrate a propensity or intent to engage in homosexual acts would create an unacceptable risk to the high standards of morale, good order and discipline, and unit cohesion that are the essence of military capability."''. Sanchez has stated that he had made it known to the Marine Corps upon enlisting that he had engaged in homosexual activity and had worked as a gay prostitute, and that the Marine Corps allowed him to enlist with that knowledge<ref>http://accessnorthga.com/audio/martha/MattSanchez1.mp3</ref>.
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According to the Marine Corps Times, Sanchez's stint with the 6th Communications Battalion was short lived; he transfered to IRR status 11 days prior to reaching the 2 year mark, so that he could work with the Public Affairs Office. ''"Typical Reserve enlistment contracts are eight years, with six spent drilling with a Reserve unit and two in the IRR. Sanchez said he was transferred to non-drilling status early because of a medical problem."'' The Marine Corps Mobilization Command is currently investigating Sanchez, with regards to the Uniform Code of Military Justice and section 654 of U.S. Code Title 10<ref>http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/03/mcsanchez070314/</ref><ref>http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/03/marine_porn_sanchez_070323/</ref>. Sanchez's blog "Cpl. Matt Sanchez" has recently been renamed "Matt Sanchez".
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According to an interview with Martha Zoller <ref>http://accessnorthga.com/audio/martha/MattSanchez1.mp3</ref>, Sanchez has stated that he will deploy as an embedded civil affairs reporter in May of 2007.
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*Zoller: ''And you will be deployed in May.''<br>
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*Sanchez: ''I will be deployed, I will be embedding as a reporter, however, with a civil affairs unit.''<br>
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*Zoller: ''Well that's hard work too, everybody fights over there too. Don't say I'll be embedding as a reporter as if that's different.''
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On his blog, Sanchez has disputed the Marine Corps Times of describing his April embed as a "deployment to Iraq"; he states ''"The Marine Corps Times wrongfully used the term "deployment" in lieu of "embed", which changed my status from civilian to active duty service member. No reply on a request for a correction."''.
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=== Columbia ===
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Sanchez is currently a student at Columbia in the [[School of General Studies]] Class of 2007, pursuing a degree in American Studies. He has passionately defended veteran rights on campus. In particular, he 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.
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== Complaints about military bias on Columbia campus ==
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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]].
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== Publications ==
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In 2006, Sanchez was elected Editor-in-Chief of "The Observer", the literary magazine of the [[School of General Studies]]. Following his trip around the talk-radio circuit, during which he discussed his pornography career, confrontation with anti-military bias on campus, and his military service, Sanchez was invited by the [[Columbia Political Union]] to become a blogger for their blog "[http://blog.cupolitics.org/ The Columns]".
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== Adult film career revelation ==
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The first documented instance of Matt Sanchez being recognized as an adult film actor was by the members of a gay porn discussion site ATKOL forums.<ref>[http://atkol.com/FORUMS/replies.asp?Forum=3&Topic=8931&ScrollAction=Page+1 ATKOL forums], source of the original Matt Sanchez=Rod Majors revelation</ref> A poster by the name of 'cutlass' seems to have recognized him in a photograph associated with a Spectator article <ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/01/25/News/A.Firm.Stance-2028984.shtml?norewrite200612172004 ''"A Firm Stance,"'' The Columbia Spectator]</ref> regarding an alleged anti-military bias incident.  
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Later, 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.
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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.
  
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WikiCU user [[User:Bluemarine|Bluemarine]] has consistently vandalized the Matt Sanchez wiki article as new information is added to the entry, at times deleting entire sections regarding Sanchez's career in gay pornography and as a male escort. The identity of the user is unknown.
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Sanchez returned to college, starting at [[Borough of Manhattan Community College]] in 2004, and then in 2005 transferring to [[Columbia University]], studying in the [[Columbia University School of General Studies|School of General Studies]].<ref name="firm" />  He was elected as editor-in-chief of the [[The Observer]] Columbia University's oldest literary journal, and as a reservist in the Marines, focused on promoting [[veteran]]s' rights on campus, such as working towards approval of the Columbia University War Memorial, a project to honor all alumni who have fallen in American conflicts since the [[American Revolutionary War]].<ref name="bringing">{{Cite web|url=http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/03/19/Opinion/Bringing.The.Military.To.Columbia-2779783.shtml|title=Bringing the Military to Columbia|accessdate=2007-04-04|publisher=Columbia Spectator|year=[[2007-03-19]]|author=Sanchez, Matt|work=Columbia Daily Spectator: Opinion}}</ref>
 
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Sanchez is also a contributing [[columnist]] to the Columbia Political Union's multi-partisan blog, [[TheColumns.org]], and has recently become a staff writer for the the [[Columbia Spectator]].<ref>http://columbiaspectator.com</ref>
 
  
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On Wikipedia, BlueMarine has heavily edited the page, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Sanchez Wikipedia entry for Matt Sanchez]. The page has since been flagged as an autobiography, a violation of Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View policy.  
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Sanchez first became known on campus for his pro-military stance. At age 36, while a junior at the university, he stated that he was harassed by on-campus [[leftists]] for being in the military, and made public complaints about the situation. He claims that on Activities Day, while he was working at a table representing one organization, members of a student group known as the International Socialist Organization called him various epithets such as "baby-killer" and that he was a stupid minority. Columbia investigated, and while they expressed sympathy for Sanchez's experience, found no grounds for punishing the three accused students.<ref name="firm">{{Cite web|url=http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/01/25/News/A.Firm.Stance-2028984.shtml?norewrite200612172004&sourcedomain=www.columbiaspectator.com|title=A Firm Stance: CU Marine Reservist Targeted In Angry Confrontation; No Disciplinary Action Taken|accessdate=2007-04-04|publisher=Columbia Spectator|year=[[2006-01-25]]|author=Brunts, Laura|work=Columbia Daily Spectator: News}}</ref> At that point Sanchez took his story to [[Fox News]], and it became a major national media event, with stories on Fox News' ''[[Hannity & Colmes]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jy6CJvEmCs&mode=related&search=|title=Hannity and Colmes Cpl Sanchez|date=January 2007|accessdate=2007-04-22|author=Hannity & Colmes|publisher=YouTube, Inc. |work=YouTube Broadcast Yourself: Videos|format=video}}</ref> and ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'',<ref name=OReilly>{{cite web | url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYSmjIUrY0&mode=related&search= | title=Cpl. Matt Sanchez O'Reilly Factor | date=January 2007|accessdate=2007-04-22|author=Fox News |publisher=YouTube, Inc.|work=YouTube Broadcast Yourself: Videos |format=video}}</ref> and Sanchez receiving support from conservative leaders such as [[Michelle Malkin]] and [[Newt Gingrich]].<ref name=Countdown/> In an article for the ''Columbia Daily Spectator'', "The Conservative Witch Hunt", one of the accused students later disputed Sanchez's allegations.<ref name="witch">{{Cite web|url=http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/01/27/Opinion/The-Conservative.Witch.Hunt-2029013.shtml|title=The Conservative Witch Hunt|accessdate=2007-04-07|publisher=Columbia Spectator|year=[[2006-01-27]]|author=Zill, Zach|work=Columbia Daily Spectator: Opinion}}</ref>
 
  
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[[Image:SanchezWithCoulter-w.jpg|thumb|Matt Sanchez and [[Ann Coulter]] in the [[Fox News]] [[Green Room]], December 2006. This image was often mistakenly labeled as having been taken at the CPAC event, but was actually from a few months earlier.]]Sanchez and other student veterans have also voiced their frustration at what they perceive to be a lack of regard for veterans on the campus, as well as frustration with Columbia's policy against on-campus military recruitment. The university does not permit any organization that discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation<ref>http://johnstanton.vox.com/library/audio/6a00ccff8a7de8673100d41425c4ca6a47.html</ref> to recruit on campus.<ref name="col non dis">{{Cite web|url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/vpaa/eoaa/docs/nondispol.html|title=Columbia University Equal Employment Opportunity and Nondiscrimination Policies and Procedures on Discrimination, Discriminatory Harassment and Sexual Harassment |accessdate=2007-04-05|publisher=Columbia University|work=columbia.edu}}</ref> In February of 2006, the university amended its non-discrimination policy to include "military status" as a protected group; replacing the more specific "disabled or Vietnam era veteran".<ref name="amended">{{Cite web|url=http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/03/24/News/Discrimination.Policy.Amended-2027922.shtml|title=Discrimination Policy Amended: New Policy Wording Adds Military Status to Protected Group List|accessdate=2007-04-07|publisher=Columbia Spectator|year=[[2006-03-24]]|author=Mireles, Matt|work=Columbia Daily Spectator: News}}</ref>
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BlueMarine has conducted a lengthy discussion on the talk page:  
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*''I have PUBLICLY stated that I am NOT a Homosexual REPEATEDLY and yet these fags have never put that into my article, however they have put the "gay hustler" label on me''
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*''I am NOT Puerto Rican. I was born and raised in California and served in the American Military. I am of Puerto Rican origin and resent the label of Puerto Rican as my nationality.''
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*''I have never "admitted" to being an escort and this seems to be a really important point for a lot of very angry gay men.''
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*''Wintersmith: you should insist that the websites "Linked" to me be properly verified and sourced. I believe you'll find that it is pure heresay by the gay jihadist who have become so passionately linked to this pseudo-issue.''
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*''So what is the "clear cut case"? I have seen patently false information by people who are nameless and have no responsibility. Who is Joe-my-god? I have no idea. Who is Ryoung? Would he please identify himself by name? And explain how he has become an expert on my life in three weeks? Or what excellent-top.com has to do with me?''
  
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On March 2, 2007, Sanchez was awarded the [[Jeane Kirkpatrick]] Academic Freedom Award for his work fighting discrimination against military and veterans, at the annual [[Conservative Political Action Conference]] (CPAC).<ref name=Countdown/><ref name="bwog">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bwog.net/publicate/index.php?page=post&article_id=3235|title="Dirty" Sanchez Speaks|accessdate=2007-04-04|publisher=The Blue and White: The undergraduate magazine of Columbia University|year=[[2007-03-08]]|author=MIP|work=the BWOG}}</ref> A featured speaker at the conference, [[Ann Coulter]], made some controversial remarks at the event, referring to presidential candidate [[John Edwards]] as a "faggot."<ref name="coulter slur">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/04/coulter.edwards/index.html|title=Coulter under fire for anti-gay slur|accessdate=2007-04-05|publisher=Cable News Network. A Time Warner Company.|year=[[2007-03-04]]|work=CNN.com: Politics}}</ref> This sparked public attention and controversy, during which Sanchez's earlier career as a star in gay porn films was brought to light. The story received a great deal of attention in the [[blogosphere]], where rumors circulated that Sanchez had also been a prostitute, and these rumors were then reported on television, such as during the MSNBC Countdown. Sanchez revealed that Countdown never bothered to contact him before running the television report.  Countdown sourced several gay blogs to complete the report, as well as committed left-wing ideologue [[Max Blumenthal]] who claimed that Sanchez was apart of a greater "an underground railroad" for fallen gay right-wingers.<ref name=Countdown/>.  Sanchez charges that "gay jihadist" are attempting to smear him.<ref>http://www.randythomas.org/blog/2007/04/interview_with_.html</ref>
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===Response to Critics===
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While Sanchez has touted the level of support he has received from the conservative media, he has been most outspoken about his belief that the gay community of bloggers has sought to slander his name.
  
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Sanchez has given conflicting statements about the escorting allegations. In a March 8, 2007 interview with [[Alan Colmes]], when asked if he had worked as a male prostitute during his time in the porn industry, Sanchez replied, "I own up to all of it"<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYWPgHccJNM</ref> In an op-ed piece in Salon.com, Sanchez likened himself to [[Jeff Gannon]] and commented, "I won't deny it, or that I acted in several adult movies 15 years ago under names like Pierre LaBranche and Rod Majors."<ref name=salon1/> However, on April 9, Sanchez subsequently denied that he had been a male escort, saying, "Not true."<ref>http://johnstanton.vox.com/library/audio/6a00ccff8a7de8673100d41425c4ca6a47.html/|title=Matt Sanchez appears on Sirius' The Michelangelo Signorile Show (03/12/07)|accessdate=2007-03-12|publisher=Sirius Radio}}</ref>
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*''"Okay, there is a current of homophobia involved here or at least self-loathing from the gay community. This is horrible. They are taking a situation and saying, "You're horrible because you suck cock," and frankly, I don't ever remember [http://thephoenix.com/article_ektid35600.aspx sucking cock on film], and it is not something that I ever enjoyed. (The left wing) is trying to discredit me because of these sexual acts."''- Matt Sanchez- interview with Radar Online<ref>http://www.radaronline.com/features/2007/03/matt_sanchez_2.php</ref>
  
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=== Marine Corps inquiry ===
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Sanchez has stated in email correspondence that the public revelation about his gay porn career was coordinated by MSNBC. This claim has not yet been verified.
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On March 16, 2007, John Hoellwarth of the ''[[Marine Corp Times]]'' reported that the Marine Corps. had received undisclosed allegations on Sanchez for his porn past.<ref name="mt:wraps">{{Cite web|url=http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/03/mcsanchez070314/|title=Corps may investigate cpl’s gay porn past|accessdate=2007-04-26|publisher=Army Times Publishing Company|year=[[2007-03-16]]|author=Hoellwarth, John|work=Marine Times}}</ref> A later report by the same writer appeared on April 1, 2007, indicating that Sanchez was also being investigated by the Marine Corps for allegedly soliciting funds from two organizations, the [[United War Veteran's Council]] and [[U-Haul]], in order to fund a future deployment to Iraq. Sanchez has denied the charges; calling them "demonstrably false".<ref name="mt:wraps">{{Cite web|url=http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/03/marine_sanchez_investigation070330/|title=Sanchez investigation wraps up today|accessdate=2007-04-04|publisher=Army Times Publishing Company|year=[[2007-04-01]]|author=Hoellwarth, John|work=Marine Times}}</ref>
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*''"This was a coordinated assault on me and an "inside job" from my former "friends" at MSNBC a place where I used to consult, but yet again, that's another story your didn't bother to cover".''
  
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==Works==
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== Marine Corps investigation ==
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* ''From Reader to Writer'', audio program on [[American Airlines]] audio channels 12 & 16, late 1990s{{Fact|date=April 2007}}
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Due to revelations regarding his past, the Marine Corps launched an investigation to determine whether Sanchez had violated any rules or codes through is prior involvement in pornography. In fact, this was just one of the allegations being investigated. Sanchez allegedly solicited more than $12,000 from private organizations by asking them to fund a deployment to Iraq.
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* ''[[Time Out]]'', [[Berlin]]. 1995-1996{{Fact|date=April 2007}}
 
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* ''U18'', American teen magazine in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey. 1998-2000{{Fact|date=April 2007}}
 
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* ''The Movie Minute'', 2000-2001.  Television film reviews, aired on local channels in Texas and Georgia{{Fact|date=April 2007}}
 
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* {{Cite web|url=http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/community/opinion/marine_opinion_sanchez070101/|title=Missing the big picture: Ivy league protesters feel superior to service members|accessdate=2007-04-04|publisher=Army Times Publishing Company|author=Sanchez, Matt|work=Marine Times}}
 
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* ''Montreal Men''
 
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* ''Town and Country''
 
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* [[Fox News]]<ref name="navytimes" />
 
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** ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]''<ref name="navytimes" />
 
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** ''[[Hannity & Colmes]]''.<ref name="navytimes" />
 
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* ''[[Columbia Daily Spectator]]''<ref name="firm" /><ref name="bringing" /><ref name="ugly">{{Cite web|url=http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/02/22/Opinion/The-Ugly.In.ugly.Betty-2735534.shtml|title=The Ugly in "Ugly Betty"|accessdate=2007-04-07|publisher=Columbia Spectator|year=[[2007-02-27]]|author=Sanchez, Matt|work=Columbia Daily Spectator: Opinion}}</ref><ref name="lucha">{{Cite web|url=http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/02/09/Opinion/Lucha.Libre.AntiMilitary.Militants-2709629.shtml|title=Lucha Libre: Anti-military Militants|accessdate=2007-04-07|publisher=Columbia Spectator|year=[[2007-02-09]]|author=Sanchez, Matt|work=Columbia Daily Spectator: Opinion}}</ref><ref name="diversity">{{Cite web|url=http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/09/11/Opinion/Pointcounterpoint.Diversity.Training.101-2264880.shtml|title=Point/Counterpoint: Diversity Training 101|accessdate=2007-04-07|publisher=Columbia Spectator|year=[[2006-09-11]]|author=Sanchez, Matt|work=Columbia Daily Spectator: Opinion}}</ref>
 
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* ''The Observer'', Columbia University literary magazine
 
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* {{Cite web|url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/12042006/postopinion/opedcolumnists/diversity_double_talkivys_inclusion_excludes_military_opedcolumnists_matt_sanchez.htm?page=0| title=Diversity Double-Talk Ivy's "Inclusion" excludes military|accessdate=2007-04-04|publisher=New York Post|year=[[2006-12-04]]|author=Sanchez, Matt|work=New York Post Columnists}}
 
  
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==References==
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According to a Marine Times article, Reserve Col. Charles Jones, a staff judge advocate, informed Sanchez of the allegations against him in an email, which states “Specifically, you wrongfully solicited funds to support your purported deployment to Iraq” by coordinating a $300 payment from the UWVC and $12,000 from U-Haul"<ref>[http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/03/marine_sanchez_investigation070330/ "Sanchez investigation wraps up today,"] Marine Times.</ref> Sanchez has responded, stating "I never solicited the money, nor did any money change hands",<ref>http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/2007/03/times-at-marine-corps.html</ref>.
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==External links==
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== Photos ==
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* {{Cite web|url=http://mattsanchez.typepad.com/|title=Matt Sanchez's personal blog|accessdate=2007-04-22|publisher=typepad.com}}
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<gallery>
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Image:Sanchez2w.jpg|Sanchez on Fox News
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Image:SanchezColumbia.jpg|Sanchez on the Columbia campus
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Image:Wall of shame.jpg|[[ISO]] "Wall of Shame"
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Image:HC Set.jpg
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Image:Red Background.jpg
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Image:Reeves.jpg
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Image:Sanchez_top.jpg|The image of Matt Sanchez's face on the top left is from Matt Sanchez's blog. The image on the bottom left is from a page called leather.html from the excellent-top.com website. It was retrieved using the web.archive.org site. Note that the two images fit together perfectly. This is proof that Sanchez ran the escort site excellent-top.com.
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Image:Facercise.jpg|Back Cover of "Facercise for Men" which features Sanchez.
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* {{Cite web|url=http://cplsanchez.com/|title=Cplsanchez.com|accessdate=2007-04-25|publisher=blogger.com}}
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== External links ==
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* [http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/ Sanchez's blog]
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* [http://www.geocities.com/mateo1970/ Sanchez's Facercise page]
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* [http://ww1.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/03/08/matt_sanchez/ "Porn Free" Op-Ed by Sanchez]
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* [http://learning-curve.blogspot.com/2007/03/matt-sanchez.html Reaction from former MilVets VP]
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* [http://columbia.facebook.com/profile.php?id=112084 Facebook profile]
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010602153926/www.excellent-top.com/Salut.wav Hear Sanchez talk!]
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* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A3NF0551WKCCF8?_encoding=UTF8 Amazon.com book reviews written by Matthew Sanchez]
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* [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, Jan 25, 2006: the article that started his media career]
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* [http://bp3.blogger.com/_t6rV3U9ZEHM/RfCWo9uOemI/AAAAAAAAAlM/raKZRgT03Ag/s1600-h/latinohook.jpg Alleged Manhunt.net profile]
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* [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)
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* [http://www.countyhistorian.com/cecilweb/index.php/Matt_Sanchez Matt Sanchez entry] by genealogist Will Johnson
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* [http://www.bijouworld.com/app/sites/bijou/classic/browse.aspx?srchType=rel&sort=0&rel=25&ObjID=5365 Films featuring Rod Majors]
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* [http://www.cybermale.com/tla/rodmajors.html Films featuring Rod Majors, even more of them]
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* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538273/bio IMDb profile]
  
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* {{Cite web|url=http://www.matt-sanchez.com/|title=Matt Sanchez's website}}
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=== External links on the Rod Majors revelation ===
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* [http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/03/mcsanchez070309/ Marine Times: Reservist acknowledges gay porn past]
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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)]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imH_J2fcp4Y MSNBC Countdown story]
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* [http://www.bwog.net/index.php?page=post&article_id=3235 The Bwog: "Dirty" Sanchez Speaks]
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* [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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*[http://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid35600.aspx Clip from "Jawbreaker"] (NSFW - don't follow this link if you are too young to view adult material) 
  
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=== Interviews with Matt Sanchez ===
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* [http://www.radaronline.com/features/2007/03/matt_sanchez_1.php Radar Online Interview]
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* [http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2007/03/matt-sanchez-responds-sort-of.html (email)Interview with Joe.My.God]
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* [http://americablog.blogspot.com/2007/03/alan-colmes-ties-gop-marine-hero.html Interview on the Alan Colmes radio show]
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* [http://www.kristenbjorn.com/BBS/LaBranche.html Interview from 1998 about his porn career with his director Kristen Bjorn]
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* [http://download-v5.streamload.com/de0ae07b-0713-466a-bca6-7b9997aae2bf/joemygod/Hosted/Matt%20Sanchez%20Interview%20ONLY.mp3 Interview with Michelangelo Signorile]
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* [http://accessnorthga.com/audio/martha/MattSanchez1.mp3 Interview with Martha Zoller part1]
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* [http://accessnorthga.com/audio/martha/MattSanchez.mp3 Interview with Martha Zoller part2]
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* [http://radiotime.com/ProgramDetails.aspx?ProgramId=28240 Interview with Dom Giordano 3/8/07]
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* [http://thebigtalker1210.com/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=485516 Interview with Michael Smerconish]
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* [[Media:interview_McCullough.mp3|"Interview with Matt McCullough"]]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYSmjIUrY0&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Etowleroad%2Ecom%2F2007%2F03%2Fconservatives%5Fl%2Ehtml Interview with Hannity & Colmes]
  
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Matt Sanchez and Ann Coulter at CPAC

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 is a corporal in the United States Marine Corps, and is currently a reservist. Sanchez speaks Spanish, French and German.

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.

Adult film 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 less French-sounding Rod Majors.

He starred in several gay videos for Catalina and Falcon. 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, all of them are all-male films.[1]. IAFD lists his career as spanning 6 years, 1992-1998. Sanchez has stated that his participation in gay pornography consisted of one or two summers and participation in a total of 7 scenes; the majority of videos being compilations of those scenes. "The porn industry is a pernicious industry, and it is bad".

Sanchez has stated in a number of interviews that he has also done heterosexual pornography.

  • Signorile: You've said that you've also done straight porn, but i can't find the names of any of those films.
  • Sanchez: Yes. I'm sure if you put some bloggers on it...
  • Signorile: No
  • Sanchez: How many gay men are into straight porn? Maybe some.

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. [2] 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.

Gay Porn Filmography [1]

The Best of Dave Logan (1999)
Touched by an Anal (1997)
Jawbreaker (1995) Convict 3
All About Last Night (1995)
Built Tough (1995)
Beat Off Frenzy (1994)
Bi-conflict (1994) David
Conflict of Interest (1994) Rod
Idol Country (1994) First guy in barn
Laid to Order (1994) Third guy on couch
Lunch Hour 2: Sweating Grease (1994) Garage thief
Man to Men (1994) No-nonsense top
Secret Sex 2: The Sex Radicals (1994)
Montreal Men (1993) (as Pierre LaBranche) .... First hustler
Woody's (1993) Rod
Call of the Wild (1992) (as Pierre LaBranche)

Straight Porn Filmography

??

Prostitution career

In addition to his career in porn, Matt Sanchez worked as a male prostitute. While on the Alan Colmes radio show, Alan Colmes asked Sanchez whether he had worked as a prostitute, Sanchez responded in the affirmative.

  • Colmes: But tell us what happened? first of all a number of years ago, and how many years ago was it you did gay porn?
  • Sanchez: It was 15 years ago, and it just wasn't gay porn, by the way, uh, but it was 15 years ago.
  • Colmes: What else did it ... what else was it?
  • Sanchez: It was more than that, it was, but it was more than porn.
  • Colmes: Did you work as a male prostitute?
  • Sanchez: That as well, yeah.
  • Colmes: A male prostitute.
  • Sanchez: This was one of the worst periods in my life.

He is 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."[3]

Bloggers have stated that Sanchez regularly advertised his escorting services in New York's weekly gay publications and via the Internet, under the pseudonym "Excellent Top.[4]" The cached internet link to Sanchez's archived escort web page has recently been changed by the page owner to prevent the archived material from being viewable. Sanchez has stated that he does not own nor does he have any knowledge of the "Excellent Top" male escort webpage.

Sanchez has told interviewers that has been out of the business for 15 years (referring to gay porn). 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. 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". 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[5]. Sanchez has denied ever placing ads in the Blade or any other gay interest magazine, instead claiming that there have been a number of instances of people pretending to be him. Referencing a Masseur Finder ad featuring Sanchez's photo, Sanchez states "I've seen that, I've been getting calls in the past couple of weeks on that and I am not running that ad". He again alleges, recounting, "I was in Australia one time, I saw someone advertising using my picture".

On Wikipedia.com, user BlueMarine, who has identified himself as Sanchez (Sanchez has not identified himself as BlueMarine), has stated "I have never "admitted" to being an escort", contradicting Sanchez's article that he wrote for Salon. He claims that his intention in the Colmes interview, while answering in the affirmative to claims of his being a male prostitute were in reference to gay pornography, an industry he says he felt was prostitution.

In the interview with Colmes, Colmes refers to Sanchez as a hustler of gay men, in reference to his activities as a masseur and as a prostitute. Sanchez clarifies stating that his clients did not all consider themselves gay, were not openly gay, were married, and part of his clientèle was women, "there were definitely tons of women". In the same conversation, Sanchez admits to having advertised his services in gay publications.

  • Colmes: You took ads in gay publications...
  • Sanchez: As well, as well as other publications.

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 (either a magazine or a travel guide).

He has stated in interviews that he worked in Hollywood pitching films, and also worked on the show "Angel" for the WB.


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.[6] 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.

Section 654 of Title 10, United States Code, states [7] "The presence in the armed forces of persons who demonstrate a propensity or intent to engage in homosexual acts would create an unacceptable risk to the high standards of morale, good order and discipline, and unit cohesion that are the essence of military capability.". Sanchez has stated that he had made it known to the Marine Corps upon enlisting that he had engaged in homosexual activity and had worked as a gay prostitute, and that the Marine Corps allowed him to enlist with that knowledge[8].

According to the Marine Corps Times, Sanchez's stint with the 6th Communications Battalion was short lived; he transfered to IRR status 11 days prior to reaching the 2 year mark, so that he could work with the Public Affairs Office. "Typical Reserve enlistment contracts are eight years, with six spent drilling with a Reserve unit and two in the IRR. Sanchez said he was transferred to non-drilling status early because of a medical problem." The Marine Corps Mobilization Command is currently investigating Sanchez, with regards to the Uniform Code of Military Justice and section 654 of U.S. Code Title 10[9][10]. Sanchez's blog "Cpl. Matt Sanchez" has recently been renamed "Matt Sanchez".

According to an interview with Martha Zoller [11], Sanchez has stated that he will deploy as an embedded civil affairs reporter in May of 2007.

  • Zoller: And you will be deployed in May.
  • Sanchez: I will be deployed, I will be embedding as a reporter, however, with a civil affairs unit.
  • Zoller: Well that's hard work too, everybody fights over there too. Don't say I'll be embedding as a reporter as if that's different.

On his blog, Sanchez has disputed the Marine Corps Times of describing his April embed as a "deployment to Iraq"; he states "The Marine Corps Times wrongfully used the term "deployment" in lieu of "embed", which changed my status from civilian to active duty service member. No reply on a request for a correction.".

Columbia

Sanchez is currently a student at Columbia in the School of General Studies Class of 2007, pursuing a degree in American Studies. He has passionately defended veteran rights on campus. In particular, he 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.

Publications

In 2006, Sanchez was elected Editor-in-Chief of "The Observer", the literary magazine of the School of General Studies. Following his trip around the talk-radio circuit, during which he discussed his pornography career, confrontation with anti-military bias on campus, and his military service, Sanchez was invited by the Columbia Political Union to become a blogger for their blog "The Columns".

Adult film career revelation

The first documented instance of Matt Sanchez being recognized as an adult film actor was by the members of a gay porn discussion site ATKOL forums.[12] A poster by the name of 'cutlass' seems to have recognized him in a photograph associated with a Spectator article [13] regarding an alleged anti-military bias incident.

Later, 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.

WikiCU user Bluemarine has consistently vandalized the Matt Sanchez wiki article as new information is added to the entry, at times deleting entire sections regarding Sanchez's career in gay pornography and as a male escort. The identity of the user is unknown.

On Wikipedia, BlueMarine has heavily edited the page, Wikipedia entry for Matt Sanchez. The page has since been flagged as an autobiography, a violation of Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View policy.

BlueMarine has conducted a lengthy discussion on the talk page: (samples)

  • I have PUBLICLY stated that I am NOT a Homosexual REPEATEDLY and yet these fags have never put that into my article, however they have put the "gay hustler" label on me
  • I am NOT Puerto Rican. I was born and raised in California and served in the American Military. I am of Puerto Rican origin and resent the label of Puerto Rican as my nationality.
  • I have never "admitted" to being an escort and this seems to be a really important point for a lot of very angry gay men.
  • Wintersmith: you should insist that the websites "Linked" to me be properly verified and sourced. I believe you'll find that it is pure heresay by the gay jihadist who have become so passionately linked to this pseudo-issue.
  • So what is the "clear cut case"? I have seen patently false information by people who are nameless and have no responsibility. Who is Joe-my-god? I have no idea. Who is Ryoung? Would he please identify himself by name? And explain how he has become an expert on my life in three weeks? Or what excellent-top.com has to do with me?

Response to Critics

While Sanchez has touted the level of support he has received from the conservative media, he has been most outspoken about his belief that the gay community of bloggers has sought to slander his name.

  • "Okay, there is a current of homophobia involved here or at least self-loathing from the gay community. This is horrible. They are taking a situation and saying, "You're horrible because you suck cock," and frankly, I don't ever remember sucking cock on film, and it is not something that I ever enjoyed. (The left wing) is trying to discredit me because of these sexual acts."- Matt Sanchez- interview with Radar Online[14]

Sanchez has stated in email correspondence that the public revelation about his gay porn career was coordinated by MSNBC. This claim has not yet been verified.

  • "This was a coordinated assault on me and an "inside job" from my former "friends" at MSNBC a place where I used to consult, but yet again, that's another story your didn't bother to cover".

Marine Corps investigation

Due to revelations regarding his past, the Marine Corps launched an investigation to determine whether Sanchez had violated any rules or codes through is prior involvement in pornography. In fact, this was just one of the allegations being investigated. Sanchez allegedly solicited more than $12,000 from private organizations by asking them to fund a deployment to Iraq.

According to a Marine Times article, Reserve Col. Charles Jones, a staff judge advocate, informed Sanchez of the allegations against him in an email, which states “Specifically, you wrongfully solicited funds to support your purported deployment to Iraq” by coordinating a $300 payment from the UWVC and $12,000 from U-Haul"[15] Sanchez has responded, stating "I never solicited the money, nor did any money change hands",[16].

Photos

  • Sanchez on Fox News

  • Sanchez on the Columbia campus

  • ISO "Wall of Shame"

  • HC Set.jpg
  • Red Background.jpg
  • Reeves.jpg

  • The image of Matt Sanchez's face on the top left is from Matt Sanchez's blog. The image on the bottom left is from a page called leather.html from the excellent-top.com website. It was retrieved using the web.archive.org site. Note that the two images fit together perfectly. This is proof that Sanchez ran the escort site excellent-top.com.

  • Back Cover of "Facercise for Men" which features Sanchez.

External links

External links on the Rod Majors revelation

Interviews with Matt Sanchez

References

  1. ↑ IAFD listing
  2. ↑ Kevin McCullough's column
  3. ↑ "Porn Free", Salon.com
  4. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20010602153926/www.excellent-top.com
  5. ↑ Daddy's Reviews website
  6. ↑ Wikipedia article on Individual Ready Reserve
  7. ↑ http://web.mit.edu/committees/rotc/code.html
  8. ↑ http://accessnorthga.com/audio/martha/MattSanchez1.mp3
  9. ↑ http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/03/mcsanchez070314/
  10. ↑ http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/03/marine_porn_sanchez_070323/
  11. ↑ http://accessnorthga.com/audio/martha/MattSanchez1.mp3
  12. ↑ ATKOL forums, source of the original Matt Sanchez=Rod Majors revelation
  13. ↑ "A Firm Stance," The Columbia Spectator
  14. ↑ http://www.radaronline.com/features/2007/03/matt_sanchez_2.php
  15. ↑ "Sanchez investigation wraps up today," Marine Times.
  16. ↑ http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/2007/03/times-at-marine-corps.html
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