Religious fundamentalism and bigotry have led the conversation about whether and how queer and transgender Ghanaians are allowed to live freely and safely in their own country. Prominent religious leaders have even gone so far as to publicly deride queer people and declare homosexuality as “abominable,”, calling for the murder and torture of LGBT+ Ghanaians. Public figures such as Moses Foh-Amoaning, a well-known legal scholar, have used religious rhetoric to claim that queer Ghanaians should not have rights. Religious leaders have often leveraged their power to prompt violence towards LGBT+ communities. Leaders from Christian, Traditional, and Muslim religious institutions have formed the National Coalition for Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values — a group whose mission is to ensure that queer and transgender people in Ghana have no rights or legal protections. This group has advocated for conversion therapy, the denial of rights, and the closure of resource centers that serve LGBT+ communities in Ghana. The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) has also used their power to incite violence against queer communities in Ghana, calling for the government to forcibly close a recently-opened LGBT+ center. Religious groups have called for the wide-spread adoption of policies supporting “conversion therapy” and which deem LGBT+ Ghanaians as a threat to the traditional ideals of family. Religion is an important part of Ghanaian society and the religious leaders’ use of their power and platforms to incite violence affects LGBT+ Ghanaians structurally and interpersonally.