Therfore, I read thee, get to Gods word, and thereby trye all doctrine[…]

On a huge tomb-like table, in the middle of the room, lay two pencilled profiles of Mr. Fielding, a pawnbroker's ticket, a pair of ruffles, a very little muff, an immense broadsword, a Wycherly comb, a jackboot, and an old plumed hat;— […]

As a kid, he used to catch sunnies with a cane pole and garden worms in the stream behind the house.

While the reason for the individual's dysphoria on realizing that he has an STD is a result of lack of acceptance of his sexual orientation, the basis is not religious, and the dysphoria not so pronounced.