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¿Question #228875?
BOBBYCAN: Do you consider the words guy and guys to be gender neutral?

Derang3d: Guy, no, guys, possibly. "You guys", more so. As long as nobody in the collective has protested in the past. Then again, what do I know? Gender thingies is a fucking minefield, and I'd rather not get blown up, please and thank you.
TheGrimReeple: Absolutely. All women are guys. And men. And he. And dear glod fucking NO. The fact that some men are so blinded to their own privilege that they'll boldly assert themselves to be the neutral default is a sign of their own failure to develop empathy. The difference between men and women matters to them when they can use it to hurt trans people, but for some reason becomes unimportant when they can use its trivialisation to hurt women.
TomTi89: I sort of recognise guys as neutral, but I still wouldn't use it for a mostly female group. Singular guy is definitely male for me. I don't really use either word. Might say guys for a group of boys/men if I'm pointing them out to someone.
Phil%20Fleischmann: Sometimes. Just like the words "he", "him", "his" are often used generically. And even "man" and "men".
mattomaw: Guys moreso than guy.
Woelf: Guys has become more all-inclusive, but can still be odd depending on the specific group being referred to. Guy being singular still usually implies male.
imyourskribe: Yes to guys, but guy still feels gendered. However my sister, who has taught a number of trans students, has shirked both. She says it can be sensitive for trans females in particular, because if they are in a group referred to as "guys" they might feel like it is gendered and wonder if they're not presenting as feminine enough. She uses the indisputably gender neutral "y'all" instead, which I think works nicely.
pricero1: Much more now than when I was young.