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. 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 Robert Russell aka Kristen Bjorn and William Duffault. In 1992, he moved to Los Angeles and a studios changed his name toRod Majors.

He starred in several gay and bi videos for Catalina, Bijoux and Falcon. According to the Internet Adult Film Database and IMDB, Sanchez solo, bi and same-sex scenes have been re-used in as many as 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.


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.



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 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.[3] 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.


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[4][5]. Sanchez's blog "Cpl. Matt Sanchez" has recently been renamed "Matt Sanchez".


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.

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.[6] A poster by the name of 'cutlass' seems to have recognized him in a photograph associated with a Spectator article [7] 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.


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"[8] Sanchez has responded, stating "I never solicited the money, nor did any money change hands",[9].


External links

External links on the Rod Majors revelation

Interviews with Matt Sanchez

References

  1. ↑ IAFD listing
  2. ↑ Kevin McCullough's column
  3. ↑ Wikipedia article on Individual Ready Reserve
  4. ↑ http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/03/mcsanchez070314/
  5. ↑ http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/03/marine_porn_sanchez_070323/
  6. ↑ ATKOL forums, source of the original Matt Sanchez=Rod Majors revelation
  7. ↑ "A Firm Stance," The Columbia Spectator
  8. ↑ "Sanchez investigation wraps up today," Marine Times.
  9. ↑ http://mattsanchez.blogspot.com/2007/03/times-at-marine-corps.html
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