In 2019, the couple joined forces with flight attendant and barber Aiden Garcia-Sheffield, a newcomer to San Pedro, to plan the inaugural Gay Pride Festival in the port town. Attitudes in town, Sutton said, have changed over the years. ![]() ![]() Sutton and her wife and business partner, Leslie Jones, opened The Omelette and Waffle Shop in San Pedro more than 25 years ago. “Our local Pride movement has been born from the need to crack the shell of this historically and generationally cloistered seaside town that discreetly is home to a large number of LGBT folks that have lived seemingly in the shadows, many in fear, until now.” ![]() “I’m exceptionally proud that today marks the third ever raising of our Pride flag in our community,” said Mona Sutton in her opening remarks.
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