Police in Massachusetts are seeking to charge three teenagers in connection with an attack on a transgender boy in August

Three teens were charged with assault and battery in connection with a beating of a transgender boy in Massachusetts. Hate crime charges were not filed.

Police are now seeking charges against three teens accused of beating up a transgender student in Gloucester, Massachusetts three months ago, but they won't be charged with a hate crime.

The teen, who was 16 when he was attacked at the Aug. 30 gathering in Gloucester, told Boston 25 News that he was beaten because he is transgender. Gloucester is located along the Massachusetts coast, about a 35-mile drive southwest from Boston.

Gloucester police are seeking charges against three teenagers in an alleged attack on a transgender teen in the woods in the summer.