Affinity lodges aren't new.
Examples here include Teachers, Actors, Military, Jews, Youth, Italian, Germans, Greek, Musicians... even Lodge Philatelic # 552 (merged but later handed in warrant in 1985)
"OBITUARY. MR. S. ORLO-SMITH: Mr. S. Orlo-Smith, a leading figure in Masonic and philatelic circles, died in Melbourne on Wednesday. He was a past master and founding master of the first philatelic lodge in the world, as well as past master of the Surrey Hills (Victoria) lodge."
Above from this
link here. Interesting, must look into that as I was in the suburb of Surrey Hills last night and know something of its masonic connections but has not heard of that one