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In a brief period of time Portugal has experienced considerable progresses in equality legislation concerning discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation. Notwithstanding these significant legal changes towards equality, social discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation is a pervasive reality, lesbian and gay visibility in public spaces remain residual, and individuals still endure a great deal of distress. In this paper I investigate the multidimensional dynamics of visibilities of lesbians and gays in public spaces in Portugal, exploring same-sex public displays of affection and analysing physical and online spaces of lesbian and gay visibility. In doing so, I explore the dynamics of power associated with the implicit codes of behaviour in public spaces that discriminate homosexual visibility.