But if homophobia itself is no longer rife, fresh challenges have arisen, partly because the climate is perceived as so much more tolerant.
After the new manager Terry Collins spoke to Beltran last week, he came away impressed that Beltran was prepared to do whatever the Mets ask him to, and perhaps he will not be perceived as so much of a burden as he was last year, and now more of an asset.
Yet no industry is so unregulated, so dimly perceived, promises so much but can often do so little — or so much harm.
I tried to get as much accomplished as possible while driving, because just sitting behind the wheel felt like a monumental waste of valuable time, and if I could cross a few of the VITs off my list during this perceived downtime, so much the better.
"They have been perceived as being so much more expensive that in a lot of cases they weren't even being invited to bid," said Richard Norton, president of DocuTrends, a Saratoga, Calif., market research firm.
Religious leaders were perceived to wield so much power in the use of contraceptives over their members and therefore reaching out to them could help increase contraceptives uptake.
I perceive them not so much as humans as characters created to represent Britain.
I couldn't have anticipated that my perceived identity would shift so much depending on where I was.
On a human level, there is so much perceived cynicism and negativity in the media and elsewhere but I'm having a great time.
ISIS offers not so much perceived salvation and over-emphasized heavenly rewards but rather a fresh identity to overwhelm the previous "loser" label and/or to camouflage doubts about self.
