Matt Sanchez

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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 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 [1]. 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 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.

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

Military Career

According to the Military Times, Sanchez joined the Marine Corps on May 14, 2003 and is a refrigeration mechanic. He is currently on Individual Ready Reserve, which holds the stipulations that he receive no pay or benefits and is not obligated to drill, conduct annual training, or participate in any military activities until activated by Presidential Reserve Callup Authority.[2]. Recently, he has taken part in the Marine Corps Commissioning Ceremony in Low Plaza for 2nd Lt. Mark Xue in 2006.

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

  • Sanchez on Fox News

  • Sanchez on the Columbia campus

External links

External links on the Rod Majors revelation

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