Buddy is masculine?

Later Cheesebags!

Peeps

Bitch or bitches

Gang

You could copy Scooby do and refer to the group of people as 'gang', 'team' works too

Comrade

all friends everyone folks peeps team

If you're only addressing one person then it can be left off entirely.

Guy:innen

"What's up dog turds?"

"How's it hanging, dingleberry?"

"Nice job, Captain Hazelwood!"

I do actually know someone who speaks like this.

Peeps

Folks for groups and friend for individuals is my go to. Comrade if you want to be spicy

What's poppin primates‽‽‽

Whenever there's any question, I usually open with "sup, dogs" in my most serious voice, then continue to deadpan refer to everyone as dog, such as "and you, dog, I need to check the grist mill, thank you dog". Fifteen years in and no complaints so far.

Friend

I've started using "hello chums"

Chooms

I sound even more southern than I am because I say "y'all" frequently to avoid gendered pronouns. People, you, and we are often good. I think my favorite is "you folks".

Earthling...Terran - I don't care how awkward it sounds. It's awkward for me to change might as well make it awkward for everyone.

Edit: just me being cranky... Normally I go out of my way to make people feel accepted.

I tend to use "folks" for my usual gender-neutral collective pronoun.

I don't think "dude" is a real issue, is it? Here in Australia, I'll happily use mate for any gender, and I often hear other genders do the same.

Of course, we also tend to unnecessarily shorten (or lengthen) people's names here, and those always get used:

• Darren = Daz or Dazza
• Josh = Josho
• Dan = Danno or Danny-boy
• Adam = Ads
• [first name] Thompson = Tommo
• [first name] Johnson - Jonno

Even our Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, is Albo. You get the idea... ;)

i find myself using "friend" a lot lately. dunno if that's a great replacement.