It's not like either word is new but I feel like "bro" and variations like bruh or brah have become way more commonly used in the last decade among younger people as a term of address in contexts where I would have just said dude

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[–] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Here's the first definition of the word fellow on wiktionary:

fellow (plural fellows)

(chiefly in the plural, also figuratively) A companion; a comrade.

Like fellow, mate isn't inherently gendered, but in informal use it pretty much is. You wouldn't typically address a woman as "mate" either