Students are trying to ban Germaine Greer from giving a lecture at Cardiff University because they claim she discriminates against transgender people.

Greer, 76, was scheduled to give a lecture entitled 'Women & Power: The Lessons of the 20th Century' on November 18.

A petition calling for the lecture to be cancelled has reached just over 100 of 200 signatures and students have written to the university to express their 'disappointment and concern' at her upcoming talk.

The Australian-born academic and author wrote the bestselling book 'The Female Eunuch' in 1970, which was considered an important text in the feminist movement.

Germaine Greer (pictured), 76, was scheduled to give a lecture entitled 'Women & Power: The Lessons of the 20th Century' on November 18

The Change petition, penned by Rachael Melhuish, said: 'Greer has demonstrated time and time again her misogynistic views towards trans women, including continually misgendering trans women and denying the existence of transphobia altogether.

'Trans-exclusionary views should have no place in feminism or society. Such attitudes contribute to the high levels of stigma, hatred and violence towards trans people - particularly trans women - both in the UK and across the world.'

Melhuish added that although debate should be encouraged, hosting a speaker with 'such problematic and hateful views is dangerous'.

Greer is seen by many as one of the leaders of the feminist movement but she faced widespread condemnation when she claimed transphobia does not exist at a Cambridge University lecture in January.

Speaking to the debating society, The Cambridge Union, she was also scathing about the 'hoards of feminist journalists' who she said were 'too stupid' to understand wider issues, as wells as the Everyday Sexism campaign, which she said made 'misogyny sexy'.

Greer (pictured) is seen by many as one of the leaders of the feminist movement but she faced widespread condemnation when she claimed transphobia does not exist at a Cambridge University lecture

She said: 'Women are 51% of the world's population and [I've been told] I've got to worry about transphobia.'

'I didn't know there was such a thing [as transphobia]. Arachnaphobia, yes. Transphobia, no.'

In her book, The Whole Woman, Greer described trans women as men 'who believe that they are women and have themselves castrated'.

Payton Quinn, a member of the trans community in Cardiff, wrote an email to Cardiff University saying she was shocked to find out they were hosting Greer.

One of the reasons for her outrage was Greer's unsuccessful attempt to oppose the fellowship of her transgender colleague, Rachael Padman.