White Crane Institute (commonly known as "White Crane") is a United States non-profit organization headquartered in New York City. White Crane Institute is an educational non-profit dedicated to publishing the Gay wisdom and culture quarterly magazine White Crane. The institute has published classic in modern gay literature through their White Crane Books imprint. Titles in the series have included work by Andrew Ramer, James Broughton, Toby Johnson, Malcolm Boyd, and Mark Thompson. White Crane Institute achieved 501(c)(3) status in 2004. Bo Young is the executive director.