- Birth nameRoger Anthony Mapes
- Nickname
- Rev. Yolanda
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Rev. Yolanda is a trans femme gender queer actor, singer/songwriter/performance artist & interfaith minister, originally from Muscle Shoals, Alabama- The Hit Recording Capital of the World. Rev. Yolanda has been making music/theater/TV/film/performance art for well over 40 years, winning the NYC MAC Award twice and inducted into both the NY Blues Hall of Fame and StoneWall Society LGBTQAI+ Hall of Fame, as well as winning the OutMusician of The Year Award and several other music awards in NYC, while releasing 9 cds of her original music, with her 10th cd to be released in 2026.
After graduation from NYC's One Spirit Interfaith Seminary, Rev. Yolanda founded the "spiritual happening" called Church With A 2 Drink Minimum with her beloved husband - the late Rev. Glen Morton Ganaway . Rev. Yolanda is also a founding member of NYC Chapter of Drag Story Hour NYC. Her most recent projects are: Rev. Yolanda and The Circle of Love-an inspirational music program performed live by Rev. Yolanda and her band. Also in 2026-Rev. Yolanda is featured as a guest star in episode 6 of The Beauty- a new Sci-Fi drama, created by Ryan Murphy, on FX and HULU.
- IMDb mini biography by: Rev. Yolanda
- SpouseGlen Ganaway(October 31, 2011 - present)
- Rev. Yolanda
- Yolanda calls herself a Transcendent Gendered being- meaning that she prefers the feminine pronoun and the name Yolanda- but does not subscribe to the binary gender system and does not want surgery to "become a woman".
- Yolanda uses her full name Rev. Yolanda Roger Anthony Mapes as a formal name, and Rev. Yolanda as her common name.
- Yolanda has lived in two communes in her life. One in St. Petersburg Florida called Suncoast Ministries, Jesus Manor, and the Radical Faerie community called Destiny.
- Yolanda is a visual artist who creates multimedia paintings and drawings that appear in private art collections worldwide.
- Yolanda was born Roger Anthony Mapes and family and old friends still call her "Tony".
- We are Angels struggling to be human.
- Building Bridges of Love and Compassion between Diverse Communities through the Power of Inspirational Entertainment
- I AM an Alien Love Child
- Where The Divine Masculine meets The Divine Feminine in the arms of Love.
- Dolly Parton plus Louise Hay, with a heaping helping of Mrs. Doubtfire!
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