Oxford students have called for the broadcaster Jenni Murray to be refused permission to speak at a literary festival today because of allegedly “transphobic” comments she made in The Sunday Times.

The attempt to “no platform” Murray — a move she said yesterday was “sad and frightening” — follows an article last month, “Be trans, be proud — but don’t call yourself a real woman”, arguing that women who have lived as men “with all the privilege that entails” do not have the experience of growing up female.

The call is from Oxford University LGBTQ Society and two student union groups, the LGBTQ Campaign and the Women’s Campaign, which say they are “deeply disappointed” at Oxford literary festival’s invitation to Murray to speak on feminism