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In an unknown location, a photo taken Monday, Sept. 2, 2024, a transgender high schooler from Massachusetts, Jayden Tkaczyk, shows the injuries he suffered after being allegedly beaten up at a party. (Steven Tkaczyk via AP)

In an unknown location, a photo taken Monday, Sept. 2, 2024, a transgender high schooler from Massachusetts, Jayden Tkaczyk, shows the injuries he suffered after being allegedly beaten up at a party. (Steven Tkaczyk via AP)

In a photo taken Sept. 4, 2024, in Gloucester, Massachusetts, transgender teenager Jayden Tkaczyk stands outside his house with his mother, Jasmine Tkaczyk. Jayden Tkaczyk alleges that he was beaten up at a party by several other high school students due his being transgender. (AP Photo/Michael Casey)

In a photo taken Sept. 4, 2024, in Gloucester, Massachusetts, transgender teenager Jayden Tkaczyk stands outside his house with his mother, Jasmine Tkaczyk. Jayden Tkaczyk alleges that he was beaten up at a party by several other high school students due his being transgender. (AP Photo/Michael Casey)

In a photo taken Sept. 4, 2024, in Gloucester, Massachusetts, transgender teenager Jayden Tkaczyk stands outside his house with his mother, Jasmine Tkaczyk. Jayden Tkaczyk alleges that he was beaten up at a party by several other high school students due his being transgender. (AP Photo/Michael Casey)

In a photo taken Sept. 4, 2024, in Gloucester, Massachusetts, transgender teenager Jayden Tkaczyk stands outside his house with his mother, Jasmine Tkaczyk. Jayden Tkaczyk alleges that he was beaten up at a party by several other high school students due his being transgender. (AP Photo/Michael Casey)

A transgender high schooler from Massachusetts, Jayden Tkaczyk, is hospitalized, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024, at Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester, Massachusetts after he was allegedly beating by several other students. (Steven Tkaczyk via AP)

A transgender high schooler from Massachusetts, Jayden Tkaczyk, is hospitalized, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024, at Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester, Massachusetts after he was allegedly beating by several other students. (Steven Tkaczyk via AP)