sentences:  Florida-based Celebrity Cruises announced on 11 October 2017 that it will perform legal same-sex marriages on its ships while in international waters following the legalization of same-sex marriage in Malta, where most of the Celebrity fleet is registered.Maltese law grants adoption rights to married couples, civil partners and single persons, including single LGBT individuals.The first official adoption by a same-sex couple took effect on 13 July 2016.