David Matheson (campaigner)

David Matheson is a campaigner known for his previous advocacy of conversion therapy. In 2019, he announced he was divorcing his wife of 34 years and intended to live as a gay man. He previously led the organization Journey into Manhood.

Matheson was an early protege of Joseph Nicolosi, who founded the National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH).

Matheson, a Mormon, said "he was not renouncing his religious faith, or the entirety of his work as a conversion therapist, despite dating men. But he did criticise the 'shame-based, homophobic-based system' of his upbringing" in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He and his former wife had three children and one grandchild.

Career
Matheson has a master's in counseling and guidance from the LDS Church's largest school Brigham Young University and began full-time practice in New Jersey in 2004. He counseled only men and the goal was always to develop what he called “gender wholeness.”

Publications

 * Matheson, David (1993) "The Transition from Homosexuality: The Role of Evergreen International," Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy: Vol. 19 : No. 1, Article 7.