Transgender military members walked the signature blue carpet at MTV’s Video Music Awards Sunday, just days after President Trump ordered the Pentagon to implement a ban on transgender troops.

GLAAD President Sarah Kate Ellis joined transgender service members Brynn Tannehill, Laila Ireland, Akira Wyatt, Jennifer Peace, Logan Ireland and Sterling James Crutcher at the awards, according to Billboard.

So incredibly honored to have these trans military members with us at the #VMAs tonight ❤️ https://t.co/taFCsbkZzR pic.twitter.com/KLpadYupgT — MTV (@MTV) August 27, 2017

"Historically, the VMAs have been a huge platform for social issues that are currently happening, so being able to have that platform and share our stories is important to us," Ireland, an Army veteran, told Billboard before the awards.

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MTV invited the service members after Trump formally ordered the ban on Friday.

“Any patriot who is putting their own life at risk to fight for our freedom and stand for equality is a hero at MTV, and to young people everywhere," MTV President Chris McCarthy said in a statement to Billboard.

Trump has faced backlash over his ban on allowing transgender Americans to serve in the military. His order Friday gives Defense Secretary James Mattis James Norman MattisBiden courts veterans amid fallout from Trump military controversies Trump says he wanted to take out Syria's Assad but Mattis opposed it Gary Cohn: 'I haven't made up my mind' on vote for president in November MORE six months to implement the ban and authorizes him to remove active transgender service members.