AYRT. No, I am basing it on something Doyle actually said. The quote, if I recall correctly, was in relation to the Wilde prosecution, and he said "[such men] are more fit subjects for the consulting room [i.e. a doctor] than the courts" which was slightly more enlightened than general opinion which was still towards criminalising it.

I do have a lot of background in 19th century British social history and have read widely both about Doyle (as I write H/W slash, heh) and the period.