At Thomas Boyland Park in Bushwick, a crowd is gathered to watch a pickup basketball tournament.
Despite the rain, the athletes play on, hair sticking to foreheads and shirts sticking to skin.
Though Basketdolls only started meeting on June 1 of this year, its growth has been rapid.
Myers is an unlikely candidate to start a pickup basketball league in Brooklyn.
For one thing, the 23-year-old had never played organized basketball prior to 2023.
Am I too tall?
And so Basketdolls was born.
They are a diverse group, including in age.
The term dolls originates with Black transfemmes and Black trans women, Myers explains.
I want you all to feel welcomed here.
Hughes was a big-time baller as a kid, playing 12 years of organized AAU basketball.
You dont want controversy.
I didnt relate, I never felt like I was fully part of the team.
