Kim Miller, founder and president of Arizona Women of Action and America’s Women, reported that a Tucson collaborator was dismissed after objecting to middle school surveys on students’ sexual preferences. The individual is now pursuing legal action with support, as she said on the Grand Canyon Times Podcast.
“We heard from one of our collaborators down in Tucson,” said Miller. “He had a problem with the fact that their middle school was giving their children surveys, asking them about their sexual preferences and ideas… And for that, the University of Arizona heard about this… and so they quietly fired him… now he’s being represented by a national law firm, and so he’s fighting back.”
A recent lawsuit claims that Daniel Grossenbach, while serving as an adjunct instructor at the University of Arizona, was dismissed after opposing student gender-identity surveys and related policies in his children’s school district. According to Fox News, Grossenbach alleges that the university retaliated against him for publicly criticizing the district’s use of gender-identity questions and lists of preferred names and pronouns.
Publicly available data are limited regarding how many U.S. or Arizona school districts utilize student surveys specifically asking about sexual orientation or gender identity. GLSEN’s SOGI (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) measurement guidance indicates that many school systems collect some form of this information. However, there is no standardized question format in K–12 education, and jurisdictions vary widely in whether and how they inquire about these topics.
Comprehensive national statistics on K–12 or university employees disciplined over disputes involving gender ideology or student surveys do not exist. A 2024 Pew Research Center study found that 68% of teachers reported that sexual orientation or gender identity came up rarely or never in their classrooms during the 2022–23 school year. Meanwhile, 21% said these topics arose sometimes, and 8% noted they came up often or extremely often. These findings suggest that overall classroom discussion of these issues remains relatively limited despite growing public controversy.
Miller launched Arizona Women of Action in 2020 as a Christian-informed civic-engagement effort focused on faith, family, and education. She uses text messaging, email, and social media to mobilize women across Arizona, according to her LinkedIn profile.
