those are mostly gender-neutral terms in 2025
i call my own girlfriend who’s a cisgender female “bro” and “dude” sometimes (she doesn’t mind)
and like literally nobody gets upset by that
I'm not upset, all I’m asking is I’d like you not to use these words once, in this short conversation which has been our only interaction as far as I know.
I'm also trans. “bro” is a completely gender neutral term, and “dude” is neutral as well, save for referring to someone as one. You should not be offended by these terms.
I don’t want to be called that in general, and it's not that difficult to avoid two words in the English language. I'm stating a request politely which isn't even difficult to follow.